Secretary of HHS, Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (Jan. 31, 2020, effective Jan. 27, 2020) and renewals (Apr. 21, July 23, Oct. 2, 2020; Jan. 7, Apr. 15, July 19, Oct. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-019)
CMS, COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (hospitals: Hospitals Without Walls; EMTALA; verbal orders; discharge planning; medical staff; physical environment; surge sites) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-010)
CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-13-Hospitals-CAHs (REVISED) (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-006)
CMS (State survey agencies and accrediting organizations); The Joint Commission, Organizer notice (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-042)
CMS (State survey agencies and accrediting organizations); The Joint Commission, Organizer notice (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-043)
American College of Cardiology with the World Heart Federation, Organizer notice (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-004)
American College of Cardiology with the World Heart Federation, Organizer notice (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-061)
American College of Physicians (159,000 members), Organizer notice (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-062)
American Organization for Nursing Leadership (an AHA affiliate), Organizer notice (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-019)
American Organization for Nursing Leadership (an AHA affiliate), Organizer notice (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-070)
American Organization for Nursing Leadership (an AHA affiliate), Organizer notice (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-071)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-087)
American Hospital Association, Organizer notice (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-002)
DC Health (Department of Health), DC Health recommendation (Mar. 17, 2020) that all elective medical procedures, non-urgent hospital and outpatient visits and non-urgent dental procedures be postponed; DC Health guidance for resuming elective surgery (May 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-116)
CMS, CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (press release and tiered recommendations) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-007)
President, Executive Order 13909 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-014)
Commissioner of Public Health (Department of Public Health), with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (March 15, 2020) (elective procedures) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-071)
Director of Health Amy Acton (Ohio Department of Health), Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-077)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services (Secretary Eric Friedlander), at the Governor's direction, CHFS/DPH Directive of March 23, 2020 (elective procedures): cessation of all non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental and other health care procedures (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-118)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-24 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-053)
Governor Mike Dunleavy, Commissioner of Health and Social Services Adam Crum, Chief Medical Officer Anne Zink, COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mar. 19, 2020; revised Apr. 7 and Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-108)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health, Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-140)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-72 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-064)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Addendum 3 to Executive Order 01-20 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-080)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-061)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-17 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-086)
Louisiana Department of Health (Secretary Courtney Phillips; State Health Officer Jimmy Guidry), LDH Healthcare Provider Notice 2020-COVID19-ALL-007 (Mar. 21, 2020; ACS lists Mar. 27) (Ex. SEC-01-120)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-09 (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-045)
President, Executive Order 13910 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-015)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order 202.10 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-040)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-066)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-068)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Executive Order 20-03-23-01 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-103)
Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation Number 33 JBE 2020 (Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-106)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 009 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-113)
Secretary of Health Robert R. Neall, Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-122)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS), NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-125)
Utah Department of Health (Executive Director Joseph Miner), State Public Health Order (Mar. 23, 2020) postponing elective surgeries and procedures (Ex. SEC-01-130)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 18 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-073)
Governor Kevin Stitt, Fourth Amended Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 24, 2020), as further amended Apr. 15, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-128)
Secretary / Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEC-01-094) and Aug. 13, 2021 (effective Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-139)
Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, Order of Public Health Emergency Two (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-092)
President, Executive Order 13911 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-022)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 109 (2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-042)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020), section on nonessential surgeries; Proclamation of Apr. 24, 2020 (effective Apr. 27) (Ex. SEC-01-105)
Secretary of Health Kathyleen Kunkel (Department of Health), Public Health Emergency Order (Mar. 27, 2020) prohibiting non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeries (following the Mar. 24, 2020 order) (Ex. SEC-01-126)
State Health Officer Scott Harris (Alabama Department of Public Health), Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Mar. 19, 2020, amended Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 2020; Safer at Home Apr. 28, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-104)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order 20-13 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-076)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 16-20 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-133)
Becker's Healthcare, Organizer notice (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-022)
Governor Kristi Noem, Executive Order 2020-12 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-096)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 027 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-114)
CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-008)
FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Temporary Final Rule, Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use, 44 C.F.R. part 328, 85 Fed. Reg. 20195 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-013)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 25 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-074)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1470 (extending the Shelter in Place order and postponing non-essential procedures) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-088)
CMS, Re-opening Facilities to Provide Non-emergent Non-COVID-19 Healthcare: Phase I (Apr. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-009)
American College of Surgeons (secondary source), COVID-19: Executive Orders by State on Dental, Medical, and Surgical Procedures (as updated April 21, 2020; Wayback capture May 1, 2020) (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-030)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-15 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-046)
Utah Department of Health, State Public Health Order (Apr. 22, 2020) (health care facility protocols; Utah Roadmap for Resuming Elective Procedures) (Ex. SEC-01-131)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 045 (Apr. 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-090)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order 20-22 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-091)
Louisiana Department of Health, LDH Healthcare Provider Notice 2020-COVID19-ALL-010 (Updated Order, Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-121)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order 202.25 (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-041)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 30-20 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-134)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-047)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-32 (Apr. 22, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-063)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-22 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-069)
Secretary of Health, Public Health Emergency Order (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-127)
American Hospital Association, Organizer notice (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-046)
American Hospital Association, Organizer notice (May 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-055)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-112 (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-065)
Secretary of Health Robert R. Neall (Maryland Department of Health), Amended Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters (May 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-102)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-51 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-067)
Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH Guidance: Elective Surgery and Procedures (Apr. 24, 2020) (following IDPH's Mar. 19, 2020 direction to postpone) (Ex. SEC-01-095)
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (Chief Medical Officer/Director of Public Health Gary Anthone), Directed Health Measure Order 2020-011 (consolidated: Cass, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, with statewide sections II and III) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-107)
Coalition for Physician Accountability (AAMC, ACGME, AMA, ECFMG, NRMP and others); emergency medicine: ACEP, AAEM, SAEM, CORD, CDEM, EMRA and others, Organizer notice (May 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-039)
Coalition for Physician Accountability (AAMC, ACGME, AMA, ECFMG, NRMP and others); emergency medicine: ACEP, AAEM, SAEM, CORD, CDEM, EMRA and others, Organizer notice (May 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-066)
Coalition for Physician Accountability (AAMC, ACGME, AMA, ECFMG, NRMP and others); emergency medicine: ACEP, AAEM, SAEM, CORD, CDEM, EMRA and others, Organizer notice (May 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-069)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Amendment to Addendum 3 to Executive Order 01-20 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-132)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-24.1 (May 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-054)
Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (May 18, 2020) (resumption of urgent elective invasive procedures by attested providers) (Ex. SEC-01-072)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-96 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-089)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 145 (2020) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-043)
USMLE program (NBME and FSMB), Organizer notice (May 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-040)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Kentucky Healthcare Reopening (Apr. 27, 2020): Phases 1-4 (Ex. SEC-01-119)
American College of Surgeons (secondary source), COVID-19: Executive Orders by State on Dental, Medical, and Surgical Procedures (as updated June 8, 2020; Wayback capture Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-031)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-27 (June 25, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-048)
Radiological Society of North America, Organizer notice (Aug. 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-074)
American Academy of Pediatrics, Organizer notice (Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-031)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-3401-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 54820 (Sept. 2, 2020): 42 C.F.R. 482.42(e) and 485.640(d) (hospital and CAH COVID-19 reporting as a condition of participation); 483.80(h) (LTC testing); 493.41 (laboratory SARS-CoV-2 test reporting) (Aug. 25, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-004)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-31 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-049)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-32 (Oct. 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-050)
Nebraska DHHS at the Governor's direction, Directed Health Measure (Nov. 16, 2020) pausing elective surgeries statewide (Ex. SEC-01-138)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (Department of Health), Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-093)
State Public Health Officer (CDPH), Hospital Surge Public Health Order (Dec. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-057)
American College of Surgeons, Organizer notice (Jan. 1, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-067)
California Hospital Association, Organizer notice (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-072)
National Association of EMS Physicians, Organizer notice (Jan. 15, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-076)
Secretary of Health (Department of Health), Amendment (Jan. 27, 2021) to the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-094)
National Rural Health Association, Organizer notice (Feb. 1, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-073)
Montana Legislature (Governor Greg Gianforte signed), House Bill 702 (2021) (May 7, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-081)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 05.25.21.01 (May 25, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-084)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Exposure to COVID-19; Emergency Temporary Standard (Healthcare), 29 C.F.R. part 1910, subpart U, 1910.502-1910.509 (June 21, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-001)
OSHA, Direction DIR 2021-02 (CPL 02) (June 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-002)
Florida Legislature (Governor DeSantis signed May 3, 2021), Senate Bill 2006 (2021), creating Fla. Stat. 381.00316 (May 3, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-082)
OSHA, Direction DIR 2021-03 (CPL 03) (July 7, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-003)
Secretary of HHS, Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021, effective July 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-011)
Arkansas General Assembly (Act 977 of 2021), Act 977 of 2021 (HB 1547) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-083)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-051)
American College of Surgeons, Organizer notice (Aug. 1, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-078)
State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-058)
Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 83 (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-075)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 21-14 (Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-055)
State Public Health Officer, CDPH, State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings) (Ex. SEC-01-059)
State Public Health Officer, CDPH, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Requirements for Visitors in Acute Health Care and Long-Term Care Settings) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-060)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Maine CDC, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency rule adopted Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-097)
Emergency Nurses Association (about 40,000 members), Organizer notice (Aug. 14, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-065)
Philadelphia Board of Health / Department of Public Health, Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Mandating Vaccines for Healthcare Workers and in Higher Education, Healthcare, and Related Settings (adopted Aug. 12, 2021; effective Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-141)
Rhode Island Department of Health (Director Nicole Alexander-Scott), 216-RICR-20-15-8 (emergency regulation) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-085)
CMS, CMS press release, Biden-Harris Administration Takes Additional Action to Protect America's Nursing Home Residents from COVID-19 (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-020)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 21-14.1 (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-056)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, OAR 333-019-1011 (temporary rule filed Aug. 20, 2021; permanent Jan. 31, 2022) (Ex. SEC-01-110)
Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-39 (Aug. 25, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-052)
Public Health and Health Planning Council and Commissioner of Health (Department of Health), 10 NYCRR 2.61 (emergency regulation adopted Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-070)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-20 (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-078)
Governor JB Pritzker, Executive Order 2021-22 (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-079)
Emergency Nurses Association (about 40,000 members), Organizer notice (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-064)
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Director Dave Jeppesen), Activation of Crisis Standards of Care in the Panhandle and North Central Health Districts (news release) (Sept. 7, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-100)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 252 (2021) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-044)
President, Executive Order 14042 (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-016)
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Statewide activation of Crisis Standards of Care (news release Sept. 16, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-101)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 21-14.2 (Sept. 27, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-109)
Secretary of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality), Emergency Secretary's Orders adding COVID-19 testing, vaccination-status and work-exclusion requirements for all staff, vendors and volunteers of DHCQ-regulated facilities, effective Sept. 30, 2021 (16 DE Admin. Code 3201, 3225, 3220, 3230, 4406, 4407 and others) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-135)
First Circuit, Does 1-6 v. Mills, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-111)
CMS, CMS press release, Biden-Harris Administration to Expand Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Settings (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-017)
CMS, CMS-3415-IFC, Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination, 86 Fed. Reg. 61555; 42 C.F.R. 482.42(g) (Nov. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-018)
American College of Surgeons, Organizer notice (Jan. 1, 2022) (Ex. SEC-01-GM-068)
American College of Surgeons, Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-01-GM-010)
Emergency Nurses Association (about 40,000 members), Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-01-GM-023)
Radiological Society of North America, Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-01-GM-025)
American Heart Association, Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-01-GM-027)
Association of American Medical Colleges, Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-01-GM-034)
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Organizer notice (Ex. SEC-01-GM-036)
