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Memorandum, Resuming Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Medical and Dental Treatment Facilities (May 21, 2020)

Resuming Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Medical and Dental Treatment Facilities

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs · Department of Defense, Military Health System (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Department of Defense, Military Health System
Level
Federal
Authority
10 U.S.C. 1073
Issued
2020-05-21 May 21, 2020
Effective
2020-05-21
End
Open; resumption by local decision (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
May 21, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • MTF and DTF Commanders and Directors
Functions reached
  • SX
  • PR
  • CB
Collection
Defense installations and the National Guard AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD

Operative words

may resume elective medical and dental procedures. This memo supersedes reference (a). The decision by an MTF or DTF Commander or Director to resume elective procedures shall be informed by local conditions and coordinated with installation leadership to align messaging and posture

Enforcement

Resumption conditioned on the HPCON gating framework of Ex. 044 (reference (b))

Notes

Marks the end of the blanket postponement; resumption was facility by facility.

Retrieval note

Scanned; OCR.

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