{"id":"TN-005","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 18","title":"An Order to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 by Limiting Non-Emergency Healthcare Procedures","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"12:01 a.m. CDT Mar. 24, 2020","end":"12:01 a.m. Apr. 13, 2020 (¶ 5); amended and superseded by EO 25 effective Apr. 9, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["dental service providers (dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, endodontists)","all hospitals and surgical outpatient facilities"],"clause":"1. Dental service providers in the State of Tennessee... shall not perform any non-emergency dental or oral procedures. Non-emergency dental or oral procedures include hygiene visits, cosmetic procedures, and other elective procedures.... 2. All hospitals and surgical outpatient facilities in the State of Tennessee shall not perform non-essential procedures... must postpone through the expiration of this Order, at a minimum, joint replacement, bariatric surgery, and cosmetic surgery... 3. Non-hospital healthcare providers... are requested and encouraged to provide necessary personal protective equipment... to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency","enforcement":"\u0027effective and enforceable\u0027 (¶ 5); Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120","functions":["CH/PR dental hygiene and elective procedures prohibited","SX elective surgery postponed","SC PPE requisitioned to TEMA","CB patient volume"],"notes":"Dental: all hygiene visits barred; hospitals and ASCs: non-essential procedures barred; EO 22 Attachment A ¶ 2 provides that Health Care operations \u0027does not include any procedures that would violate Executive Order No. 18, which remains in effect\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee18.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":784618,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-005","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 18 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. TN-005)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["SEC-11-GM-015","SEC-11-GM-017","SEC-11-GM-018","SEC-11-GM-051","TN-004","TN-003","TN-002","TN-006","TN-007","TN-008","TN-001","TN-009"]}