{"id":"TN-002","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107(e)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 15","title":"An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and Containment of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"12:01 a.m. May 18, 2020 (¶ 41); superseded EO 14 (¶ 42); replaced by EO 36","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","HC","CRT","SUPPLY","OTHER"],"addressees":["health care professionals and facilities","pharmacies","laboratories","carriers","insurers","Department of Safety","licensing boards","employers (unemployment provisions)"],"clause":"¶ 2: The relevant provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Titles 63 and 68... are hereby suspended to the extent necessary to give the Commissioner of Health the discretion to allow a health care professional who is licensed in another state... to engage in the practice of such individual\u0027s profession in Tennessee...; ¶ 23: The provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Sections 55-50-336 and 55-50-337 [driver license expirations]... suspended...; ¶ 38: Health insurance carriers are urged to provide coverage for the delivery of clinically appropriate... telemedicine...","enforcement":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120","functions":["HC licensing, telehealth and laboratory operations","WF unemployment provisions (¶¶ 16-17)","CRT driver-license and permit expirations extended (¶¶ 22-27)","OF notarization and filing deadlines"],"notes":"Forty-two paragraphs of regulatory suspensions: health-care licensure, telemedicine (¶ 38), driver licenses (¶ 23), building-plan review (¶ 28), unemployment (¶¶ 16-17), price gouging extended (¶ 13), oversize loads (¶ 14), hours-of-service (¶ 15)","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee15.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":7014072,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-002","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 15 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. TN-002)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-003","TN-004","TN-005","TN-001","TN-006","TN-007","TN-008","TN-009","TN-010","TN-011","TN-012","TN-013"]}