{"id":"VA-003","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ralph S. Northam","authority":"Va. Code §§ 2.2-103, 44-146.13 et seq.; notwithstanding Title 32.1, ch. 4, art. 1.1","instrument":"Executive Order 52 (2020)","title":"Increases in Hospital Bed Capacity in Response to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"2020-07-10 (later amended and extended; amended version not saved)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-07-10","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["general hospitals","nursing homes","State Health Commissioner"],"clause":"I direct the State Health Commissioner, at his discretion, to authorize any general hospital or nursing home to increase licensed bed capacity as determined necessary by the Commissioner to respond to increased demand for beds resulting from COVID-19.","enforcement":"Licensing authority of the Commissioner","functions":["IP inpatient units and surge capacity","RS residential care"],"notes":"Surge-capacity order; pairs with PHE Two\u0027s elective-procedure suspension.","sourceUrl":"https://register.dls.virginia.gov/issue.aspx?voliss=36:17\u0026type=7","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":502061,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VA","url":"/library/VA-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VA-003","citation":"Governor Ralph S. Northam, Executive Order 52 (2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. VA-003)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["VA-001","VA-020","VA-004","VA-018","VA-006","VA-007","VA-009"]}