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Ex. SEC-01-068 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 20-10

Prohibition on Elective and Non-Urgent Procedures

Governor Kate Brown · Oregon (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Oregon
Level
State
Authority
ORS 433.441(3)(a), (b), (d), (f); ORS 401.168(1); ORS 401.188(1)-(3)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
2020-05-01 (EO 20-22, Apr. 27, 2020) (read as 2020-05-01)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • all care settings that utilize PPE, including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics, dental clinics and veterinary clinics
Functions reached
  • SX
  • OC
  • SC PPE
Collection
Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01

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. [Exempt if a three-month delay would put the patient at risk of irreversible harm.]

Enforcement

ORS 401.990 (Class C misdemeanor)

Retrieval note

Scanned; operative words from ACS (SEC-01-030), which quotes the order verbatim.