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Activation of Crisis Standards of Care in the Panhandle and North Central Health Districts (news release)

Idaho activates Crisis Standards of Care in North Idaho due to surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Director Dave Jeppesen) · Idaho (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Idaho
Level
State
Authority
IDAPA 16.02.09 (Crisis Standards of Care for Healthcare Entities, temporary rule); Governor's Proclamation
Issued
2021-09-07 Sept. 7, 2021
Effective
2021-09-06 (committee recommendation) / Sept. 7, 2021 (activation) (read as 2021-09-06)
End
Expanded statewide Sept. 16, 2021; deactivated for north Idaho Dec. 20, 2021 (statewide deactivation Nov. 22, 2021 except PHD1) (read as 2021-09-16)
In force
Sept. 6, 2021 to Sept. 16, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitHealth care orders
Addressees
  • hospitals in Public Health Districts 1 and 2 (Benewah Community, Bonner General, Boundary Community, Kootenai Health, Shoshone Medical Center; Clearwater Valley, Gritman, St. Joseph Regional, St. Mary's, Syringa)
Functions reached
  • IP triage and surge
  • SX deferral
  • ED
  • HR
  • OF
Collection
Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01

Operative words

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has activated Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) in accordance with IDAPA 16.02.09 - Crisis Standards of Care For Healthcare Entities. CSC is activated in the Panhandle Health District and the North [Central Health District]... Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene requested that CSC be activated. The CSC Activation Advisory Committee convened virtually on Sept. 6 and recommended that CSC be activated... hospitals will implement as needed and according to their own CSC policies.

Enforcement

Administrative rule activation altering the standard of care and liability framework; hospitals reallocate ICU, staffing and elective capacity

Notes

A Q3 2021 State instrument that changed how every hospital in the region operated.