{"id":"MA-058","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Public Health","authority":"G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; Public Health Council authorization","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers)","title":"Order postponing non-essential elective invasive procedures","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"Superseded by the May 18, 2020 order (urgent procedures on attestation) and the June 24, 2020 order","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["hospitals","ambulatory surgery centers","(by DPH guidance) other providers"],"clause":"","enforcement":"Facility licensure","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","PR elective visits","CH/PR dental elective and aerosol-generating procedures (under Order No. 13 and board guidance)"],"notes":"Listed on the mass.gov index (\u0027DPH Order... dph-elective-surgery-order\u0027 with hospital and ASC guidance); the May 18, 2020 order (read) presupposes the postponement by permitting only attesting providers to resume \u0027high-priority preventative care and urgent procedures\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/dph-elective-surgery-order/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":51676,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-058","citation":"Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-058)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-056"]}