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Ex. AR-036 Order Primary source read

ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020)

Directive limiting dental practice to emergency care

Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health · Arkansas (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Arkansas
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
2020-05-18 (dental resumption directive, Ex. AR-058) (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • dentists and dental practices
Functions reached
  • CH chairside care
  • PR elective and aerosol-generating procedures
  • EM emergency-only period
  • FD scheduling
Collection
Arkansas AR

Operative words

The Secretary of Health, as of March 23, 2020, directs and mandates that all dental practitioners follow the recommendation of the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners and the American Dental Association that only urgent and emergent dental care take place, and that non-emergent dental care be suspended until further notice.

Enforcement

Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor

Notes

Memorandum to 'Arkansas Dentists' from Secretary of Health Nate Smith; lists urgent treatments (pulpal pain, pericoronitis, abscess, fracture, trauma); adopts the State Board of Dental Examiners' recommendation as a mandate.

Retrieval note

Text layer read. File renamed to the memorandum date (Mar. 23, 2020; the ADH server filed it as '03192020').

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