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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Level
- State
- Authority
- KRS ch. 39A; KRS 194A.025, 214.020; EO 2020-215
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-18 midnight (recited) (read as 2020-03-18)
- End
- Modified Apr. 27 (outpatient), May 6 (outpatient surgery), May 13 (inpatient 50 percent), May 27, 2020 (full volume) and Sept. 10, 2020 (KY-015, KY-029) (read as 2020-05-27)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to May 27, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all licensed health-care professionals and facilities
- hospitals
- dental practices
- chiropractors
- Functions reached
- SX surgery
- PR procedures
- CH chairside dental
- OC outpatient clinics
- DX diagnostics
- CB patients
- Collection
- Kentucky KY
Operative words
ALL non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental, and any other healthcare practice or procedure must have immediately ceased effective close of business on March 18, 2020.... Non-Urgent — Any healthcare service that, were it not provided, is unlikely to result in any serious and/or irreparable harm to a patient if not provided for more than 30 days. (For example, chiropractic medicine.)... All healthcare providers are instructed to follow these recommendations when considering what procedures to cancel.
Enforcement
Directive of the Governor's designee under KRS ch. 39A; SB 150 sec. 1 ties liability protection to compliance with CHFS elective-procedure directives
Notes
Telemedicine 'strongly urged'; Medicare and Medicaid telehealth waivers recited