{"id":"NC-045","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners","authority":"N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 90, art. 2","instrument":"Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)","title":"Board Statement regarding dental practices and COVID-19 issued on March 18","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"2020-03-18","end":"Apr. 30, 2020 statement","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["licensed dentists"],"clause":"consider the continuation of emergency care to prevent dental patients from adding stress to hospitals, hospital emergency rooms, and urgent care facilities. Likewise, re-scheduling or postponing non-urgent, routine, and elective procedures is advised to lessen the risk of an inadvertent spread of the virus.","enforcement":"Board advice; standard-of-care implications","functions":["PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures","EM emergency-only period"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"http://www.ncdentalboard.org/PDF/Covid-19%20Closure%20of%20Dental%20Offices%20mar%2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":57797,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NC","url":"/library/NC-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NC-045","citation":"North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 18, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. NC-045)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["NC-044","NC-046","NC-047"]}