{"id":"SEC-02-020","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"02","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ron DeSantis","authority":"Fla. Stat. ch. 252 (State Emergency Management Act); 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- COVID-19 - Non-essential Elective Medical Procedures","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"superseded by EO 20-112 effective May 4, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-05-04","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all hospitals,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","all health care practitioners licensed in Florida"],"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","enforcement":"Fla. Stat. 252.50 (second-degree misdemeanor for violation of emergency orders)","functions":["PR","CL","DX","FD","CB"],"notes":"Expressly reaches \u0027other health care practitioners\u0027 offices\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-72.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200321180536/https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-72.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1371847,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-02","url":"/library/SEC-02-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-02-020","citation":"Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-72 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-020)","stateName":"Florida","related":["SEC-02-021"]}