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Ex. SEC-02-017 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 109

Suspension of elective surgeries and invasive procedures; PPE inventory

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; 26:13-1 et seq.; 38A:3-6.1
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27 17:00 (read as 2020-03-27)
End
rescinded by EO 145 beginning 5:00 a.m. May 26, 2020 (read as 2020-05-26)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to May 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • all health care providers and facilities
  • any business or non-hospital health care facility in possession of PPE
Functions reached
  • PR
  • CL
  • SC
  • FD
  • CB
Collection
Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

1.... all 'elective' surgeries performed on adults, whether medical or dental, and all 'elective' invasive procedures performed on adults, whether medical or dental, are suspended in the State. An 'elective' surgery or invasive procedure, for purposes of this Order, is defined as any surgery or invasive procedure that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of the patient as determined by the patient's treating physician or dentist... 7. Any business or non-hospital health care facility... in possession of PPE, ventilators, respirators, or anesthesia machines not required for the provision of critical health care services should undertake an inventory of such supplies and send that information to the State by... Friday, March 27, 2020... 12. Penalties for violations of this Executive Order may be imposed under, among other statutes, N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50

Enforcement

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (disorderly persons offense)

Notes

Recitals: procedures 'whether undertaken in a hospital, ambulatory surgery center or provider office'.