{"id":"SEC-01-104","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Health Officer Scott Harris (Alabama Department of Public Health)","authority":"Ala. Code 22-2-2(4), 22-2-8","instrument":"Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Mar. 19, 2020, amended Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 2020; Safer at Home Apr. 28, 2020)","title":"State Health Officer Order (postponing dental, medical and surgical procedures; barring hospital and nursing home visitation)","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-28 5:00 p.m.","end":"2020-04-30 5:00 p.m. (Apr. 28 order: procedures may proceed unless the State Health Officer determines PPE constraint)","startDate":"2020-03-28","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","GATH"],"addressees":["all health care providers; hospitals and nursing homes (visitation)"],"clause":"All dental, medical, or surgical procedures shall be postponed until further notice, subject to the following exceptions: Dental, medical, or surgical procedures necessary to treat an emergency medical condition... Dental, medical, or surgical procedures necessary to avoid serious harm from an underlying condition or disease, or necessary as part of a patient\u0027s ongoing and active treatment (ACS tracker quotation of the Mar. 27-28 order). Apr. 28 order: Effective April 30, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., dental, medical, or surgical procedures may proceed unless the State Health Officer or his designee determines that performing such procedures... would unacceptably reduce access to personal protective equipment.","enforcement":"Ala. Code 22-2-14 (misdemeanor)","functions":["SX","OC","VS (hospital visitation barred from Mar. 19-20, 2020 per bundled 03b_research_states_south.json)","SC"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://governor.alabama.gov/assets/2020/03/Final-Statewide-Order-3.27.2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-104","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"State Health Officer Scott Harris (Alabama Department of Public Health), Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Mar. 19, 2020, amended Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 2020; Safer at Home Apr. 28, 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-104)","stateName":"Alabama","related":[]}