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Public Health Emergency Order Temporarily Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment Due to Shortages Caused by COVID-19 (Mar. 24, 2020)

Public Health Emergency Order Temporarily Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment Due to Shortages Caused by COVID-19

Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel · New Mexico (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Level
State
Authority
Public Health Emergency Response Act, NMSA 1978, Section 12-10A-6(A)(2), (B); Public Health Act Section 24-1-3(C)
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25
End
Duration of EO 2020-004; recited as remaining in effect in the Apr. 30, 2020 order (NM-012 para. 2C) (read as 2020-04-30)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • health care providers
  • wholesale medical suppliers
Functions reached
  • SC supply chain (PPE)
  • DS distribution
  • WH warehouse
Collection
New Mexico NM

Operative words

1. No health care provider or wholesale medical supplier in New Mexico with an inventory of PPE may reduce its inventory of PPE by selling, allocating, or otherwise distributing it without prior approval from the New Mexico Department of Health.... 2. No health care provider or wholesale medical supplier in New Mexico may sell, allocate, or otherwise distribute PPE outside of New Mexico without prior approval... 3. Within three (3) business days of this Order, each healthcare provider and wholesale medical supplier... shall make a report to the New Mexico Department of Health describing its inventory of PPE.

Enforcement

Para. 6: civil administrative penalties including fines up to $5,000 per violation

Notes

Reaches medical wholesalers, distributors and every provider holding PPE, including dental offices.

Retrieval note

OCR read.

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