{"id":"NJ-084","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 145 para. 2; P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 5","instrument":"Executive Directive No. 20-016 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended July 29, 2020, October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the January 20, 2023 revision)","title":"COVID-19 protocols for ambulatory surgery centers resuming elective surgery and invasive diagnostic procedures pursuant to Executive Order No. 145","dateIssued":"2020-06-24","effective":"2020-06-24 (original); amended through 2021 and 2023","end":"Continued after June 4, 2021 (amended June 16, 2021; then under P.L. 2021, c. 103); revised 2023 (outside the period)","startDate":"2020-06-24","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["ambulatory surgery centers licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:43A"],"clause":"Recitals: EO 109 \u0022ordered that, as of 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, all \u0027elective\u0027 surgeries performed on adults, whether medical or dental, and all \u0027elective\u0027 invasive procedures performed on adults, whether medical or dental, would be suspended in New Jersey\u0022; \u0022the suspension of those surgeries and procedures preserved the capacity of our healthcare system to deal with the surge of COVID-19 cases\u0022; \u0022the Department of Health issued Executive Directive No. 20-016 on June 24, 2020, providing guidance to ambulatory surgery centers resuming elective surgeries and invasive procedures\u0022; \u0022Executive Directive No. 20-016 was amended on July 29, 2020, October 20, 2020, and June 16, 2021, to correspond with the changing phases of the COVID-19 emergency response\u0022.","enforcement":"Licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:43A); EO 145 para. 4","functions":["PR procedures under screening, testing, PPE and capacity protocols","IC infection control","CB patients (pre-procedure testing)"],"notes":"Physician practices and ASCs: the elective-procedure protocols were amended on June 16, 2021 and therefore governed Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/documents/covid19/revised%20ED%2020-016.doc.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":372819,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-084","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-084","citation":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-016 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended July 29, 2020, October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the January 20, 2023 revision) (Ex. NJ-084)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-016","NJ-085","NJ-070","NJ-071","NJ-069","NJ-073","NJ-067","NJ-068","NJ-066","NJ-074","NJ-075","NJ-076"]}