The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department) · New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Emergency Health Powers Act; Executive Order 244 (2021)
- Issued
- 2021-06-16 June 16, 2021
- Effective
- immediately (read as 2021-06-16)
- End
- continued under EO 244 and P.L. 2021, c. 103 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 16, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- licensed ambulatory surgery centers
- Functions reached
- SX elective surgery and procedures
- IC infection control
- HR staff screening
- CL scheduling and facility flow
- Collection
- State health department orders to licensed settings AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS
Operative words
hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following:... ii. Ambulatory Surgical Centers are Eligible to Resume Elective Surgeries and [Invasive Procedures subject to the following]... i. The physical layout and flow of care delivery areas must be configured so [as to permit distancing]... iv. COVID-19 PPE policies and procedures shall be in place for healthcare [personnel]... Available testing must be utilized as needed to ensure [safety]... Ambulatory surgical centers shall not perform procedures on COVID-19 positive patients.
Enforcement
N.J.S.A. 26:13-19; ASC licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:43A)