{"id":"NJ-085","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. 20-018 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the 2023 revision)","title":"COVID-19 protocols for hospitals resuming elective surgery and invasive diagnostic procedures","dateIssued":"2020-06-24","effective":"2020-06-24 (original); amended Oct. 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021","end":"Continued after June 4, 2021 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":["hospitals licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:43G"],"clause":"Recitals: \u0022the Department of Health issued Executive Directive No. 20-018 on June 24, 2020, providing guidance to hospitals resuming elective surgeries and invasive procedures\u0022; \u0022Executive Directive No. 20-018 was amended on October 20, 2020, and June 16, 2021, to correspond with the changing phases of the COVID-19 emergency response\u0022; \u0022P.L.2021, c.103 sought to enable the State to bring an end to its prior Public Health Emergency while still allowing for an orderly continuation of the Administration\u0027s ability to order certain public health measures\u0022.","enforcement":"Licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:43G); EO 145 para. 4","functions":["SX surgery under screening, testing, PPE and capacity protocols","IP surge capacity conditions","IC infection control"],"notes":"Hospitals: elective-procedure protocols amended June 16, 2021 and in force through Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/documents/covid19/4.18.23%20revised%20ED%2020-018.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":363749,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-085","citation":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-018 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the 2023 revision) (Ex. NJ-085)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-016","NJ-084","NJ-070","NJ-071","NJ-069","NJ-073","NJ-067","NJ-068","NJ-066","NJ-074","NJ-075","NJ-076"]}