Executive Order No. 2020-17

The record

Jurisdiction

Michigan

Level

State

Authority

Emergency Management Act, MCL 30.403(1)-(2); Emergency Powers of the Governor Act, MCL 10.31(1)

Issued

2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020

Effective

2020-03-21 17:00 (no later than) (read as 2020-03-21)

End

while the state of emergency under EO 2020-4 was in effect; lifted by EO 2020-96 effective May 29, 2020 (see SEC-02-070) (read as 2020-05-29)

In force

Mar. 21, 2020 to May 29, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care orders

Addressees

• all hospitals, freestanding surgical outpatient facilities, and dental facilities, and all state-operated outpatient facilities ('covered facilities'), including any medical center or office that performs elective surgery or cosmetic plastic surgery

Functions reached

• PR
• CL
• SC
• CB

Collection

Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

1. Beginning as soon as possible but no later than March 21, 2020 at 5:00 pm, and continuing while the state of emergency declared in Executive 2020-4 is in effect, all hospitals, freestanding surgical outpatient facilities, and dental facilities, and all state-operated outpatient facilities (collectively, 'covered facilities'), must implement a plan to temporarily postpone, until the termination of the state of emergency under section 3 of Executive Order 2020-4, all non-essential procedures... 2. A plan for a covered facility that performs medical procedures, including any medical center or office that performs elective surgery or cosmetic plastic surgery, must postpone, at a minimum, joint replacement, bariatric surgery, and cosmetic surgery... 4. A covered facility must comply with the restrictions contained in its non-essential procedure postponement plan... 7. Consistent with MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3), a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor

Enforcement