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Ex. SEC-02-042 Order Primary source read

Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020)

Nonessential medical and dental services; telehealth; mandatory screening of health facility staff; business closures

Governor Kim Reynolds · Iowa (State)

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Jurisdiction
Iowa
Level
State
Authority
Iowa Code 29C.6(1), (6); 135.140(6); 135.144(3)
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27 17:00 (secs. 1-2); immediately (secs. 3, 6) (read as 2020-03-27)
End
2020-04-16 23:59 as issued (extended Apr. 2 to Apr. 30; modified by the Apr. 24 proclamation from Apr. 27) (read as 2020-04-16)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain
Addressees
  • any hospital, outpatient surgery provider, or outpatient procedure provider, whether public, private, or nonprofit
  • all dentists
  • health carriers
  • hospitals, nursing facilities, residential and assisted living programs
Functions reached
  • PR
  • DX
  • TM
  • HR
  • CL
  • CB
Collection
Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

SECTION ONE... effective at 5:00 p.m. on March 27, 2020... A. All nonessential or elective surgeries and procedures that utilize personal protective equipment (PPE) must not be conducted by any hospital, outpatient surgery provider, or outpatient procedure provider, whether public, private, or nonprofit. B. A nonessential surgery or procedure is one that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of a patient... SECTION THREE... I temporarily suspend the regulatory provision of Iowa Code chapters 514C.34 to the extent that it excludes from the definition of telehealth the provision of services through audio-only telephone transmission, and I direct the Insurance Commissioner... to ensure that any health carrier... shall reimburse a health care professional... for medically necessary, clinically appropriate covered services by telehealth... or via audio-only telephone transmission... on the same basis and at the same rate... SECTION SIX... I hereby order all hospitals, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities, hospice programs, and assisted living programs to screen all staff at the beginning of their shift

Enforcement

Iowa Code 29C.6; 135.144; 135.38 (simple misdemeanor)

Notes

Reaches every 'outpatient procedure provider'.

Retrieval note

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