Executive Order GA-15

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

State

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.173

Issued

2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-04-21 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-04-21)

End

2020-05-08 11:59 p.m. (superseded by GA-19 as of 2020-05-01 12:01 a.m.) (read as 2020-05-08)

In force

Apr. 21, 2020 to May 8, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care orders

Addressees

• all licensed health care professionals
• all licensed health care facilities

Functions reached

• SX surgery and elective procedures
• PR dental procedures
• OC outpatient diagnostics
• SC PPE (facilities performing electives forgo public PPE)
• CB patients

Collection

Texas TX

Operative words

All licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary to diagnose or correct a serious medical condition of, or to preserve the life of, a patient who without timely performance of the surgery or procedure would be at risk for serious adverse medical consequences or death, as determined by the patient's physician; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to either of the following: any procedure that... would not deplete the hospital capacity or the personal protective equipment needed to cope with the COVID-19 disaster; or any surgery or procedure performed in a licensed health care facility that has certified in writing to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission both: (1) that it will reserve at least 25% of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients... and (2) that it will not request any personal protective equipment from any public source, whether federal, state, or local, for the duration of the COVID-19 disaster.

Enforcement

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