{"id":"LA-051","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer","authority":"La. R.S. 40:4, 40:5; La. R.S. 29:760 et seq.","instrument":"LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-DENTAL PROVIDER-004","title":"Routine, Non-Essential Visits, Procedures and Surgeries (dental providers)","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"2020-04-16 as written; superseded by ALL-010 effective 2020-04-27 (dental Section II continued to 2021-05-24)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-04-16","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all dental providers in Louisiana (dentists and hygienists)"],"clause":"the State of Louisiana, Department of Health, is DIRECTING AND REQUIRING that all providers of dental services (including dentists and hygienists) in Louisiana adhere to the following provisions, restrictions, and limitations, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY: A.1 The State of Louisiana, Department of Health, hereby prohibits all routine, non-essential dental visits and all routine, non-essential dental procedures/surgeries in Louisiana for thirty (30) days from the date of this Notice. This thirty (30) day period shall run from March 18, 2020, through April 16, 2020, unless otherwise extended in writing by the Department. A.2 Each provider of dental services shall immediately notify its clients and families of this closure.","enforcement":"State Health Officer directive; Sanitary Code; LSBD licensure","functions":["CH chairside care","PR elective procedures","EM emergency-only","FD scheduling","CB patients"],"notes":"The dental closure instrument; the file was retrieved from the LDH URL \u0027HealthCareFacilityNotice.pdf\u0027 and is this dental notice.","sourceUrl":"http://ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Coronavirus/resources/HealthCareFacilityNotice.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":52449,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-051","citation":"Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health; Jimmy Guidry, State Health Officer, LDH Healthcare Facility Notice #2020-COVID19-DENTAL PROVIDER-004 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. LA-051)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":[]}