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Ex. DE-008 Order Primary source read

Joint Order of the Department of Health and Social Services and the Delaware Emergency Management Agency

Joint Order authorizing out-of-state and lapsed-license health-care and mental-health providers to practice in Delaware

A.J. Schall, Director, Delaware Emergency Management Agency, and Karyl T. Rattay, M.D., Director, Division of Public Health, on behalf of DHSS · Delaware (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
20 Del. C. ch. 31 (DEMA authorization of persons to perform medical examinations and treatment; DPH waiver of licensing requirements for out-of-state providers with the Governor's consent)
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. (read as 2020-03-23)
End
'until further notice but not later than such time as the later of the Governor's Declaration of Public Health Emergency or Declaration of a State of Emergency (including Modifications) is lifted'; reissued Apr. 1, Apr. 29, Oct. 16, Dec. 1, 2020 and Jan. 4/Mar. 11, 2021 (Public Archives index) (read as 2020-12-01)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Dec. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • out-of-state licensed physicians, pharmacists, nurses, nursing assistants, paramedics, EMTs, respiratory therapists
  • lapsed Delaware licensees
  • out-of-state mental-health providers
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing (out-of-state and lapsed licensees admitted)
  • TM telemedicine mental-health services
  • WF health-care labor market
Collection
Delaware DE

Operative words

'1. Out of state health care providers, including physicians, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physician assistants, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, practical nurses, professional nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, and nursing assistants with an active license or certification in good standing in any United States jurisdiction are hereby authorized to provide healthcare services in Delaware; and 2. All [such practitioners] who have held an active Delaware license or certification within the last five years, which is now inactive, expired, or lapsed, may provide healthcare services in Delaware...; and 3. All out of state mental health providers with an active license in good standing in any United States jurisdiction... are hereby authorized to provide in-person and telemedicine mental health services in Delaware.'

Enforcement

Licensure waiver under 20 Del. C. ch. 31

Notes

Health-care regulator instrument; the State's own finding of an emergency workforce shortage; predecessor of the July 12, 2021 Joint Practice Order (DE-048).

Retrieval note

Read in full. the order's own text is effective Mar. 23, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.

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