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Ex. SEC-03-058 Order Primary source read

REVISED Guidance on COVID-19 for Dental Health Care Personnel in Pennsylvania (Mar. 22, 2020; archived Apr. 1, 2020)

DOH directs facilities to cease all dental treatment except urgent and emergency procedures

Pennsylvania Department of Health (Secretary Rachel Levine, M.D.), under the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency · Pennsylvania (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
35 Pa.C.S. 7301; 35 P.S. 521.5; 71 P.S. 532
Issued
2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-03-22
End
2020-06-03 (revised Interim Guidance removed the prohibition on non-urgent procedures) (read as 2020-06-03)
In force
Mar. 22, 2020 to June 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureHealth care orders
Addressees
  • all Pennsylvania dental facilities
Functions reached
  • CH
  • PR
  • FD
  • LB
Collection
Dental Practices SEC-03

Operative words

With the Governor's authorization as conferred in the Proclamation of Disaster Emergency... DOH directs facilities to cease all dental treatment except urgent and emergency procedures within the provided guidelines below until further notice. We ask [practices] to remain available to speak to patients and triage calls for dental emergencies.

Enforcement

Governor's Mar. 19, 2020 business closure order as amended; Department of State licensing

Notes

ADA workbook (June 3, 2020): 'The Governor and the Secretary of Health have revised their business closure orders issued on March 19, 2020, as subsequently amended, to remove the prohibition on non-urgent and non-emergent dental procedures.'

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