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Ex. IA-072 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice (adopted May 5, 2020; revised November 13, 2020) and the Board's COVID-19 general information page

Board guidelines made mandatory for every Iowa dental office from May 8, 2020 by the Governor's proclamation: patient screening, PPE, aerosol controls and operatory protocols

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The record

Jurisdiction
Iowa
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Governor's proclamations of May 6, 2020 and successors (IA-014, § 1) incorporating the Board's Guidelines; Iowa Code § 153.33(1)(b) (investigators' peace-officer powers); § 29C.19
Issued
2020-05-05 May 5, 2020
Effective
2020-05-08 (mandatory by proclamation) (read as 2020-05-08)
End
Mandatory through June 26, 2021 (IA-038); guidance thereafter (read as 2021-06-26)
In force
May 8, 2020 to June 26, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all Iowa dentists, dental hygienists and dental assistants
Functions reached
  • CH/PR chairside care and aerosol-generating procedures under mandatory protocols
  • ST sterilization and fallow-time protocols
  • FD scheduling (screening)
  • SC PPE
Collection
Iowa IA

Operative words

Board page (archived): 'Since May 8, 2020, the Board Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice have been mandatory for dental offices, pursuant to the Proclamation of Disaster Emergency issued by the Governor.' Proclamation text (IA-014, IA-037): 'All dental services are provided in compliance with the Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice adopted by the Iowa Dental Board... The performance of any dental procedures except in compliance with paragraph A continue to be prohibited.'

Enforcement

Dental Board investigators with the powers and status of peace officers (Iowa Code § 153.33(1)(b))

Notes

The mandate itself is proven by the proclamations.

Retrieval note

Existence, dates and mandatory status from the Board's own page (search-index text) and from the proclamations; if the batch-4 retry rendered the archived page, the file field is updated.