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Ex. SEC-02-054 Order Primary source read

Order of Public Health Emergency Two

Prohibition of non-essential surgeries and procedures requiring PPE

Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, M.D. · Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
Virginia
Level
State
Authority
Va. Code 32.1-13, 32.1-20, 44-146.17
Issued
2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25
End
2020-04-24 as issued; amended Apr. 23, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020 (read as 2020-04-24)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • inpatient and outpatient surgical hospitals licensed under 12 VAC 5-410, freestanding endoscopy centers, physicians' offices, and dental, orthodontic, and endodontic offices
Functions reached
  • PR
  • CL
  • SC
  • CB
Collection
Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

Prohibiting all inpatient and outpatient surgical hospitals licensed under 12 VAC 5-410, freestanding endoscopy centers, physicians' offices, and dental, orthodontic, and endodontic offices in the Commonwealth from providing procedures and surgeries that require PPE, which if delayed, are not anticipated to cause harm to the patient by negatively affecting the patient's health outcomes, or leading to disability or death. This does not include outpatient visits delivered in hospital-based clinics (ACS quotation)

Enforcement

Va. Code 32.1-27 (Class 1 misdemeanor)

Notes

Physicians' offices named in terms.

Retrieval note

governor.virginia.gov media path no longer exists and is not archived. text read (hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physicians' offices and dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices named). The Apr. 23, 2020 amended order is archived at.../executive-actions/AMENDED-Order-of-Public-Health-Emergency-Two---Order-of-The-Governor-and-State-Health-Commissioner.pdf (capture May 1, 2020; not saved).