The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Hampshire
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Emergency Order #40 para. 3 and 5
- Issued
- 2020-05-04 May 4, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-04
- End
- Mandatory to May 7, 2021 (read as 2021-05-07)
- In force
- May 4, 2020 to May 7, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- Functions reached
- PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures
- CH chairside
- ST sterilization and fallow time
- FD scheduling (no walk-ins)
- SC PPE
- Collection
- New Hampshire NH
Operative words
1. Dental providers shall continue to postpone elective treatment, surgeries and non-urgent dental visits until the practice is able to provide the recommended PPE to protect staff and safely treat patients. 2. Pre-scheduled appointments are required to ensure time for proper cleaning, disinfection, and sterilization between patients. Phases of care shall be as follows: a. Dentists may currently perform emergency/urgent care procedures according to ADA guidelines. b. Dentists may add elective/non-emergent and orthodontic procedures for patients when practices are able to fully comply with ADA interim guidance... c. At this time, the State of New Hampshire does not recommend the resumption of elective cosmetic procedures or the use of ultrasonic scaling.
Enforcement
EO #40 para. 13; EO #52 para. 10; Board of Dental Examiners
Notes
Recites 'the prevalence [of financial] burden while practices have been closed'. EO #29 Exhibit Z (Apr. 14, 2021) modified dental licensing examinations.
Retrieval noteIssue date inferred from the May 4, 2020 health-care reopening step of Stay at Home 2.0; the document carries no printed date.