{"id":"SEC-01-064","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ron DeSantis","authority":"Fla. Stat. ch. 252; EO 20-52","instrument":"Executive Order 20-72","title":"Emergency Management - COVID-19 - Non-essential Elective Medical Procedures","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"2020-05-04 (EO 20-112 allowed resumption with conditions); by its terms to expire with EO 20-52","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-05-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, office surgery centers, dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices, and other health care practitioners\u0027 offices"],"clause":"All hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, office surgery centers, dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices, and other health care practitioners\u0027 offices in the State of Florida are prohibited from providing any medically unnecessary, non-urgent or non-emergency procedure or surgery which, if delayed, does not place a patient\u0027s immediate health, safety, or wellbeing at risk, or will, if delayed, not contribute to the worsening of a serious or life-threatening medical condition. Accordingly, all health care practitioners licensed in the State of Florida, including dentists, shall immediately cease performing these elective services.... Section 3. This Executive Order shall expire upon the expiration of Executive Order 20-52.","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. 252.50 (second-degree misdemeanor); licensure","functions":["SX","OC","CB"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-72.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1371847,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-064","citation":"Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-72 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-064)","stateName":"Florida","related":["SEC-01-065"]}