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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas Medical Board; State level · Texas
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Tex. Occ. Code § 153.001; Tex. Gov't Code § 2001.034; Executive Order GA-09
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24
- End
- Withdrawn effective Apr. 21, 2020 at 11:59 p.m., when the GA-15 emergency rule took effect (stated in Ex. 045) (read as 2020-04-21)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 21, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all Texas-licensed physicians and physician assistants
- licensed health care facilities (through their physicians)
- Functions reached
- PR procedures and elective visits (all surgeries and procedures not immediately medically necessary postponed Mar. 22-Apr. 21, 2020, enforced through the medical license)
- SX surgery
- CL clinical intake
- CB patients
- Collection
- State health licensing boards AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS
Operative words
The Board's page (Ex. 050) lists 'TMB Passes Emergency Rules to Enforce Gov. Abbott's Executive Order GA-09 (3/24/20)'; the Apr. 21, 2020 release (Ex. 045) states: 'The Executive Committee also withdrew emergency rules related to Executive Order GA-09 effective today at 11:59 p.m.'
Enforcement
Violation of GA-09 made 'unprofessional and dishonorable conduct' under 22 TAC § 190.8, exposing the physician to license discipline under Tex. Occ. Code § 164.052
Notes
The Board's enforcement mechanism for the Governor's elective-procedure order; the release itself was not captured by the Wayback Machine as a PDF
Retrieval noteExistence, date and gist confirmed from the Board's own COVID-19 page (Ex. 050) and its Apr. 21, 2020 release (Ex. 045); the release text was not read.