{"id":"SEC-01-125","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS)","authority":"Request under EO 116 (Mar. 10, 2020); G.S. 130A-20 (abatement authority not invoked)","instrument":"NCDHHS Secretary\u0027s letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020","title":"NCDHHS request to suspend elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-23","end":"2020-04-30 (procedures resumed under DHHS guidance and EO 138, May 5, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers"],"clause":"Effective March 23, 2020, as part of a unified response, I request all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers suspend all elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries. Elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries are defined as any procedure or surgery that if not done within the next 4 weeks would [not] cause harm to the patient (ACS tracker quotation).","enforcement":"Request; the mandatory layer in North Carolina was EO 121 (stay at home, Mar. 30, 2020) and the visitor restrictions of EO 116-138","functions":["SX","OC"],"notes":"North Carolina\u0027s instrument was a Secretarial request, not an order; the memoranda describe it as such and rely on the general orders.","sourceUrl":"https://www.ncdhhs.gov/","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-125","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS), NCDHHS Secretary\u0027s letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-125)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":[]}