{"id":"UT-003","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Utah","state":"UT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Joseph K. Miner, M.D., Executive Director, Utah Department of Health","authority":"Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3","instrument":"State Public Health Order UPHO 2020-03 (elective surgeries and procedures)","title":"State Public Health Order (postponement of elective surgeries and procedures)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-25 12:01 a.m.","end":"2020-04-25 11:59 p.m. by its terms; rescinded earlier by the Department\u0027s order of Apr. 21/22, 2020 (reissued May 1, 2020, UT-014)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2020-04-25","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all licensed health-care professionals","all licensed health-care facilities"],"clause":"hereby order that, effective as of 12:01 a.m. on March 25, 2020, all licensed health-care professionals and all licensed health-care facilities shall postpone all elective surgeries and procedures in accordance with version 3.15.20 of the CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations, promulgated by the Centers for Medicare \u0026 Medicaid Services on March 18, 2020.","enforcement":"Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3 (public health order)","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures (dental, medical)","OC outpatient procedures","CB patients"],"notes":"Recitals: hospital capacity and PPE \u0027are being depleted by surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary\u0027. Reaches physicians, dentists, veterinarians and every licensed facility.","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus-download.utah.gov/Health/UPHO-2020-03-STATE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-ORDER-3.23.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":83918,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"UT","url":"/library/UT-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/UT-003","citation":"Joseph K. Miner, M.D., Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, State Public Health Order UPHO 2020-03 (elective surgeries and procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. UT-003)","stateName":"Utah","related":["UT-014","DUT-UT-003","UT-002","UT-005","UT-010"]}