The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Va. Code §§ 32.1-13, 32.1-20
- Issued
- 2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-25
- End
- 2020-04-24, extended to 2020-04-30 11:59 p.m. by amendment of Apr. 23, 2020 (VA-008) (read as 2020-04-24)
- In force
- Mar. 25, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureHealth care orders
- Addressees
- inpatient and outpatient surgical hospitals
- free-standing endoscopy centers
- physicians' offices
- dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices
- Functions reached
- SX surgery and elective procedures
- PR procedures and elective visits
- CH chairside care
- PR aerosol-generating procedures
- CB patients
- Collection
- Virginia VA
Operative words
the Governor and State Health Commissioner hereby issue this Order prohibiting all inpatient and outpatient surgical hospitals licensed under 12 VAC 5-410, free-standing 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.
Enforcement
Any willful violation or refusal, failure, or neglect to comply is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor pursuant to § 32.1-27; injunctive relief in circuit court
Notes
Recites severe disruption of the PPE supply chain and anticipated bed shortage as grounds.