{"id":"MD-040","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, Maryland Department of Health","authority":"Md. Code, Health-Gen. 2-104, 18-102, 18-103, 18-205, 18-902, 18-904; Pub. Safety 14-3A-03","instrument":"MDH Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters (Mar. 23, 2020): elective and non-urgent procedures cease 5:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 2020","title":"Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-24 5:00 p.m. (elective procedures)","end":"Superseded Apr. 5 and May 6, 2020 (MD-044: resumption permitted 7:00 a.m. May 7, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-05-06","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and all licensed health care facilities","all health care practitioners authorized under the Health Occupations Article (including dentists)","medical laboratories"],"clause":"5. Elective and Non-urgent Medical Procedures - Licensed Health Care Facilities: [hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities and] other licensed health care facilities shall cease all elective and non-urgent medical procedures effective at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and not provide any such [procedures for the duration of the catastrophic health emergency]. 6. Elective and Non-urgent Medical Procedures - All Health Care Practitioners: [all health care practitioners] authorized under the Health Occupations Article shall perform only medical procedures that are critically necessary for the maintenance of health for a patient. All elective and non-urgent medical procedures and appointments shall cease effective at 5 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and shall not be performed for the duration of the catastrophic health emergency.","enforcement":"Health-Gen. 18-907 and Pub. Safety 14-3A-06 (violation of a catastrophic health emergency directive: misdemeanor); order recites the Governor\u0027s Declaration of Catastrophic Health Emergency","functions":["SX elective surgery","PR elective and aerosol-generating dental procedures","CL clinical visits","DX","OC outpatient clinics","CB patients"],"notes":"Reaches every dentist, physician, therapist and other Health Occupations Article licensee, not only facilities","sourceUrl":"https://health.maryland.gov/phpa/Documents/03.23.2020%20Sec%20Neall%20Healthcare%20Matters%20Order.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20220121014640/https://health.maryland.gov/phpa/Documents/03.23.2020%20Sec%20Neall%20Healthcare%20Matters%20Order.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1311712,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-040","citation":"Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, Maryland Department of Health, MDH Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters (Mar. 23, 2020): elective and non-urgent procedures cease 5:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. MD-040)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-044"]}