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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-011 Order Primary source read

DOH Emergency Order 20-012

In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders, Made Necessary by COVID-19 (reactivation of retired and inactive physicians, physician assistants, nurses and EMS personnel; extension of DOH EO 20-008 examination provisions; licensure renewal deadlines Aug. 31-Oct. 31, 2020 extended to Nov. 30, 2020)

Scott A. Rivkees, M.D., State Surgeon General · Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing; EMS); State level (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Florida Department of Health, Office of the State Surgeon General (Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Nursing; EMS); State level · Florida
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Executive Order 20-52 § 4.B; Fla. Stat. § 252.36(5)(a)
Issued
2020-08-14 Aug. 14, 2020
Effective
2020-08-14 (clerk stamp Aug. 14, 2020, 3:32 p.m.) (read as 2020-08-14)
End
Renewal extension to Nov. 30, 2020; order remains in effect until the expiration of Executive Order 20-52 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Aug. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • retired and inactive physicians, physician assistants, LPNs, RNs and APRNs
  • EMTs and paramedics
  • all Department licensees
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing (reactivation of retired and inactive practitioners; renewal deadlines)
  • WF workforce
Collection
State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS

Operative words

Section 4: For purposes of preparing for, responding to, and mitigating any effect of COVID-19, any upcoming licensure renewal deadlines between August 31 and October 31, 2020, that have not otherwise been extended, for any professional license issued by the Department or a Department board or council are extended until November 30, 2020. Any statute and/or rule to the contrary is hereby suspended until November 30, 2020.

Enforcement

Fla. Stat. § 456.072(1)(q); § 252.50

Notes

Third renewal-deadline extension; in force on the first day of 2020Q4

Retrieval note

Execution line partly illegible in the text layer; the Department clerk's filing stamp reads 2020 AUG 14 PM 3:32.

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