Order of the Governor to Enhance Protections for Health Care Professionals

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(b), (f) (suspension of regulatory statutes and regulations)

Issued

2020-05-06 May 6, 2020

Effective

2020-05-06

End

For the duration of the disaster emergency (June 10, 2021); the regulatory suspensions it recites were carried to Sept. 30, 2021 by Act 21 (PA-040) (read as 2021-06-10)

In force

May 6, 2020 to June 10, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther

Addressees

• licensed health care practitioners and facilities
• Department of State licensing boards
• Department of Health

Functions reached

• HR credentialing, out-of-State licensure, nurse staffing rules
• TM telehealth authorization
• IC
• OF

Collection

Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority to suspend such regulatory statutes, rules or regulations, my Administration has suspended numerous regulatory statutes, [rules and regulations, including]... temporary suspension of the requirement for out-of-state practitioners to be licensed in Pennsylvania to practice telemedicine so long as they are licensed in good standing in their home [state]... temporary licenses to out-of-state practitioners regulated by the Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, [and Nursing]... requirements for the State Board of Nursing, including extension of license expirations dates... my Administration suspended 28 Pa. Code 51.3(a), thereby authorizing the immediate use of telemedicine to support health care... my Administration suspended 28 Pa. Code § 211.12(i), which requires that a nursing [facility maintain minimum nursing hours]... [and confers civil immunity on licensed health care practitioners providing COVID-19 services, excluding gross negligence, fraud, malice and willful misconduct]

Enforcement

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