{"id":"WV-015","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jim Justice","authority":"W. Va. Code 15-5-6","instrument":"Executive Order 17-20","title":"Suspension of health regulatory statutes (CRNA administration of anesthesia; APRN prescriptive authority; 90-day in-person examination for Schedule II opioid refills)","dateIssued":"2020-03-31","effective":"2020-03-31","end":"Kept in force by EO 12-21 paragraph 2(e) (Apr. 20, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-31","endDate":"2021-04-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses","prescribing practitioners"],"clause":"the following statutory regulations are to be suspended for the duration of the State of Emergency: 1. Requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) licensure as follows: to permit the Board, in their discretion, to suspend or modify the requirement for the administration of anesthesia (W. Va. Code 30-7-15); 2. Requirement for advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) licensure...; and 3. Requirement that a practitioner is required to conduct an in-person physical examination every 90 days prior to prescribing a refill for a Schedule II opioid medication to an existing patient for chronic pain treatment (W. Va. Code 16-54-4(h)), provided that the provider utilizes other appropriate tools to evaluate the patient at these intervals.","enforcement":"Suspension of statutes; Board discretion","functions":["TM telehealth","PR procedures","HR credentialing"],"notes":"The in-person examination suspension is the State\u0027s own recognition that in-person clinical visits were to be avoided.","sourceUrl":"https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/executivejournal/readpdf.aspx?DocID=89755","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":171426,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-015","citation":"Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 17-20 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. WV-015)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-012","WV-013","WV-014","WV-016","WV-017","WV-011","WV-018","WV-009","WV-010","WV-019","WV-008","WV-020"]}