The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-05-15 May 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-15 (immediately); suspension rescinded 5:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (read as 2020-05-15)
- End
- Until revoked or modified; the resumption protocols it authorized (DOH Executive Directives 20-016 and 20-018; Division of Consumer Affairs Administrative Order 2020-07) remained in force and were revised through 2021-2023 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- May 15, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers
- licensed health care providers in outpatient settings (professional offices, clinics, urgent care)
- Department of Health; Division of Consumer Affairs
- Functions reached
- SX/PR elective surgery resumed under conditions
- CH/PR dental and office-based procedures resumed under DCA conditions
- FD scheduling (testing, quarantine, companion rules)
- SC PPE requirements
- Collection
- New Jersey NJ
Operative words
Para. 1: "Beginning at 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the suspension on elective surgeries and invasive procedures instituted in Executive Order No. 109 (2020) is rescinded." Para. 2: "Elective surgeries and invasive procedures... may proceed at health care facilities, subject to limitations and precautions set forth in policies, which may include but are not limited to Executive Directives, to be issued by the Department of Health" [addressing facility eligibility, prioritization, PPE, staffing, cohorting, patient testing and quarantine, visitors, discharge and reporting]. Para. 3: procedures "performed by licensed health care providers practicing in outpatient settings not licensed by the Department of Health (e.g., health care professional offices, clinics, and urgent care centers) may proceed, subject to limitations and precautions set forth in policies, which may include but are not limited to rules and administrative orders, to be issued by the Division of Consumer Affairs". Para. 4: supplemental policies "shall be similarly enforceable".
Enforcement
Para. 7: N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; DOH and DCA policies enforceable as orders (para. 4)
Notes
The end of the elective suspension was itself a conditioned reopening: capacity, PPE, testing, companion and reporting rules replaced the prohibition.
Retrieval noteRead from nj.gov. 103, sec. 1 (NJ-053), which continued only EOs 106, 111, 112, 123, 127, 150, 159, 170, 178, 207, 229, 233, 237 and the item (14) general-mitigation order; the DOH directives it authorized (NJ-084 ED 20-016, NJ-085 ED 20-018) continued under sec. 3(a) and are listed separately).