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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-002 Order Primary source read

DOH Emergency Order 20-003

In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders, Made Necessary by COVID-19 (licensure renewal deadlines Mar. 21-Apr. 30, 2020 extended to May 31, 2020; board hearings by teleconference; nursing education by remote videoconference and simulation; out-of-state telehealth extended to clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors and psychologists; EMTs and paramedics in hospitals)

Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General · Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (umbrella licensing authority for the health-profession boards); State level (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (umbrella licensing authority for the health-profession boards); State level · Florida
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Executive Order 20-52 § 4.B; Fla. Stat. § 252.36(5)(a)
Issued
2020-03-21 Mar. 21, 2020
Effective
2020-03-21
End
Extended by DOH EO 20-005 (Apr. 21, 2020) until the expiration of Executive Order 20-52 (June 26, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 21, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersCourts and public officesOther
Addressees
  • all professional licensees of the Department and its boards
  • state licensing boards
  • prelicensure nursing and nursing-assistant programs
  • out-of-state behavioral-health professionals
  • EMTs and paramedics
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing and renewal (deadlines extended; board hearings moved to teleconference)
  • TM telehealth (behavioral-health professionals licensed in other States)
  • WF workforce (nursing-education clinical hours by simulation)
  • CRT public offices (board hearings converted to remote)
  • CB patients
Collection
State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

For purposes of preparing for, responding to, and mitigating any effect of COVID-19, any upcoming licensure renewal deadlines between March 21 and April 30, 2020, for any professional license issued by the Department or a Department board or council are extended until May 31, 2020. Any statute and/or rule to the contrary is hereby suspended until May 31, 2020, unless extended by order of the State Surgeon General.... the state licensing boards may conduct licensure approval and denial hearings, and disciplinary hearings involving standard of care, sexual misconduct, fraud, impairment, or felony convictions through teleconferencing or other technological means.... In addition to the allowed professions under Department of Health Emergency Order 20-002, this exemption shall apply to the following out of state health care professionals...: clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, mental health counselors, and psychologists.

Enforcement

Fla. Stat. § 456.072(1)(q); § 252.50

Notes

Reaches every profession the Department licenses (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, chiropractic, PT, OT, psychology, clinical social work, MFT, mental-health counseling, massage therapy)

Retrieval note

Executed March 21, 2020.

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