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Executive Order 21-14

Executive Order to Declare a Statewide Public Health Emergency for the Purpose of Meeting and Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on the Healthcare System of Arkansas

Governor Asa Hutchinson · Arkansas (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Arkansas
Level
State
Authority
Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-101 et seq.; 12-75-107(g) as amended by Act 403 of 2021; 12-75-114(e)(1)
Issued
2021-07-29 July 29, 2021
Effective
2021-07-29
End
2021-09-27 (sixty days; the Governor let it expire; Ballotpedia citing AP, Sept. 28, 2021) (read as 2021-09-27)
In force
July 29, 2021 to Sept. 27, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Addressees
  • Division of Emergency Management
  • Department of Health
  • hospitals and health-care facilities
  • licensed health-care professionals
Functions reached
  • IP inpatient surge and staffing
  • HR credentialing (licensure rules suspended)
  • IC infection control
  • CB patients (access to care at risk)
Collection
Arkansas AR

Operative words

hereby declare a statewide state of disaster emergency related to public health, resulting from the catastrophic statewide impact of the Delta Variant of COVID-19 on the healthcare system of Arkansas. This emergency shall expire sixty (60) days from the signing of this order, unless the emergency is terminated at an earlier date, or it is approved for renewal by the Arkansas Legislative Council. FURTHERMORE, I order the following: (1) The Arkansas Division of Emergency Management is hereby ordered to seek necessary staffing assistance for Arkansas healthcare facilities and hospitals through available avenues to include the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. (2) Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-114(e)(1), the Arkansas Department of Health is ordered to identify any regulatory statutes, orders, or rules related to licensure of healthcare professionals that may be preventing, hindering, or delaying necessary action for coping with this emergency. Once identified, those statutes, orders, or rules, shall be reported to the Governor and posted on the Arkansas Department of Health website, and they shall be suspended for the duration of this emergency.

Enforcement

Emergency Services Act

Notes

Recitals: 'The emergency was renewed several times until its final expiration on May 30, 2021'; active cases rose from 1,938 (May 30) to 15,491 (July 27, 2021) and hospitalizations from 194 to 1,025; 'placing the accessibility to healthcare facilities for all Arkansans at risk'. The Q3 2021 State emergency instrument.

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; two pages read by OCR of the exhibit.

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