| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-051 | Emergency Use Authorization: Ventilators, anesthesia gas machines modified for use as ventilators, positive pressure breathing devices modified for use as ventilators, ventilator tubing connectors and ventilator accessories (Mar. 24, 2020)Letter of Authorization to Manufacturers and Other Stakeholders: Ventilators | Denise M. Hinton, Chief Scientist, FDA | United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal | Mar. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-011 | DEA-DC-018 (DEA067), Dear Registrant letter granting an exception to separate State registration for practitioners dispensing in additional States during the COVID-19 emergencyDEA State Reciprocity (final) (Signed) | Thomas W. Prevoznik, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Mar. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-131 | Notice, Process for Making Available Guidance Documents Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019, 85 Fed. Reg. 16949 (Mar. 25, 2020)Process for Making Available Guidance Documents Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 | Food and Drug Administration, HHS | United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal | Mar. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-045 | Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020)Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency | Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN | United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionFederal | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-075 | Statement from BOP Director on the BOP response to the COVID-19 pandemic (Mar. 26, 2020) (Phase Four measures: screening, quarantine of new admissions, modified operations)Statement from BOP Director: BOP response to COVID-19 pandemic | Michael Carvajal, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons | United States (federal); Federal Bureau of PrisonsFederal | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-081 | Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons, Prioritization of Home Confinement As Appropriate in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (Mar. 26, 2020)Prioritization of Home Confinement As Appropriate in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic | William P. Barr, Attorney General | United States (federal); Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralFederal | Mar. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-013 | DEA-DC-021 (DEA073), letter to practitioner registrants and pharmacists announcing temporary exceptions for oral schedule II prescriptions in emergency situations during the COVID-19 emergencyOral CII for regular CII script (Final) | Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-037 | Emergency Use Authorization Declaration (drugs and biological products), 85 Fed. Reg. 18250 (Apr. 1, 2020)Emergency Use Authorization Declaration | Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services | United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-066 | VA announcement of Mar. 27, 2020 releasing the VHA COVID-19 Response Plan: elective and non-emergent procedures postponed; outpatient care shifted to telehealthVA Releases COVID-19 Response Plan | Department of Veterans Affairs | United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health AdministrationFederal | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateHealth care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-050 | Emergency Use Authorization: Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System for decontaminating compatible N95 respirators (issued Mar. 28, 2020; reissued Jan. 21, 2021; revoked June 30, 2021)Letter of Authorization, Battelle CCDS Critical Care Decontamination System (reissued Jan. 21, 2021) | Denise M. Hinton, Chief Scientist, FDA (letter to Battelle Memorial Institute) | United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal | Jan. 21, 2021 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Health care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-028 | OTP Guidance for Patients Quarantined at Home with the Coronavirus (doorstep delivery protocol) (updated Mar. 30, 2020)OTP Guidance for Patients Quarantined at Home with the Coronavirus | SAMHSA, Division of Pharmacologic Therapies, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment | United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationFederal | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-014 | DEA-DC-022 (DEA068), letter permitting DATA-waived practitioners to prescribe buprenorphine to new patients on the basis of a telephone evaluation during the COVID-19 emergencyDEA/SAMHSA Buprenorphine Telemedicine (Final) | Thomas W. Prevoznik, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division (with SAMHSA)Federal | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-015 | DEA-DC-023 (DEA075), How to Prescribe Controlled Substances to Patients During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (decision tree)How to Prescribe Controlled Substances to Patients During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency | Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-046 | Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Chain Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Apr. 2020)Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Chain Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments During the… | Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN | United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionFederal | Apr. 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-073 | COVID-19 Action Plan: Phase Five (ordered Mar. 31, 2020; effective Apr. 1, 2020): inmates secured in assigned cells/quarters for 14 days; quarantine of new admissionsCOVID-19 Action Plan: Phase Five - Additional Agency-wide Actions Effective April 1 | Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons | United States (federal); Federal Bureau of PrisonsFederal | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-002 | Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities in Response to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 19392 (Apr. 7, 2020)Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health… | Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS | United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal | Apr. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-082 | Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons, Increasing Use of Home Confinement at Institutions Most Affected by COVID-19 (Apr. 3, 2020)Increasing Use of Home Confinement at Institutions Most Affected by COVID-19 | William P. Barr, Attorney General | United States (federal); Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney GeneralFederal | Apr. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-076 | Update on COVID-19 and Home Confinement (Apr. 5, 2020)Update on COVID-19 and Home Confinement: BOP continuing to aggressively screen potential inmates | Federal Bureau of Prisons | United States (federal); Federal Bureau of PrisonsFederal | Apr. 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-016 | DEA-DC-025 (DEA078), Dear Registrant letter permitting opioid treatment programs to use the same off-site location repeatedly to deliver take-home methadone doses without separate registrationOff-site OTP delivery method (Final) | Thomas W. Prevoznik, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-003 | Enforcement Discretion Regarding COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 29637 (May 18, 2020)Enforcement Discretion Regarding COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency | Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS | United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal | Apr. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-053 | Emergency Use Authorization: Face Shields (umbrella) (issued Apr. 9, 2020; amended Apr. 13, 2020)Letter of Authorization, Face Shields (Apr. 13, 2020) | Denise M. Hinton, Chief Scientist, FDA | United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal | Apr. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-017 | DEA-DC-027 (DEA083), letter to DEA-registered distributors and manufacturers granting an exception to the signed-delivery requirement for narcotic shipments to narcotic treatment programsDEA Dist/MNF narcotics shipments to OTP signed delivery exception (final) | William T. McDermott, Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Apr. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Supply chainOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-018 | DEA-DC-028 (DEA084), letter permitting DEA-registered hospitals and clinics to handle controlled substances at satellite locations under the existing registration during the COVID-19 emergencyHospital/Clinic Registration Exception (final) | William T. McDermott, Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Apr. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-118 | Provider Relief Fund, Acceptance of Terms and Conditions, Relief Fund Payment from Initial $30 Billion General DistributionAcceptance of Terms and Conditions - Relief Fund Payment from Initial $30 Billion General Distribution | Secretary of Health and Human Services (terms administered by HRSA) | United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services (Health Resources and Services Administration administering the Provider Relief Fund)Federal | Apr. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-019 | DEA-DC-029 (DEA085), letter granting a temporary exception to the five percent rule for practitioners distributing controlled substances to other registrants during the COVID-19 emergencyDEA 5 percent practitioner exception (final) | William T. McDermott, Assistant Administrator, Diversion Control Division, DEA | United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal | Apr. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersSupply chainOther | Primary source read | |