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Ex. OR-005 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 20-10

Conserving Personal Protective Equipment: Cancelling Elective and Non-urgent Procedures; Limiting Visitation

Governor Kate Brown · Oregon (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Oregon
Level
State
Authority
ORS 433.441(3)(b), (d), (f); ORS 401.168(1); ORS 401.188(1)-(3)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
Procedures cancelled no later than 2020-03-23 (read as 2020-03-23)
End
Ninety days as written; rescinded as of May 1, 2020 by EO 20-22 (read as 2020-05-01)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • hospitals
  • ambulatory surgery centers
  • outpatient clinics including community health clinics and student health centers
  • dental clinics
  • veterinary clinics
  • all industries using PPE
Functions reached
  • SX surgery and elective procedures
  • PR dental elective and aerosol procedures
  • CH chairside care
  • OC outpatient diagnostics
  • VS visitation (OHA screening guidance para. 4)
  • SC PPE supply (construction, farming, manufacturing 'strongly encouraged' to cancel non-essential PPE use)
Collection
Oregon OR

Operative words

No later than March 23, 2020, all elective and non-urgent procedures across all care settings that utilize PPE, including but not limited to, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics (including community health clinics and student health centers), dental clinics, and veterinary clinics, shall be cancelled, or rescheduled no earlier than June 15, 2020, for the purpose of conserving and redirecting PPE for the state's COVID-19 emergency response.... A procedure or surgery is exempt... if a three-month delay in the procedure or surgery would put the patient at risk of irreversible harm.

Enforcement

Para. 5: public health law (ORS 431A.005,.010); ORS 401.990 penalties; para. 3: surplus PPE to be surrendered to the State PPE Coordinator by Mar. 27, 2020

Notes

The single most consequential Oregon health-care order: it emptied surgical and dental schedules from Mar. 23 for what was written as a near three-month period.

Retrieval note

OCR of the official scan.