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ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)

Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye 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
2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-04-03
End
Resumption from Apr. 27, 2020 under conditions (testing to Aug. 1, 2020; two-visitor limit and contact exclusion continued; Ex. AR-059) (read as 2020-04-27)
In force
Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 27, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, clinicians, dentists, optometrists
Functions reached
  • SX surgery and elective procedures
  • OC outpatient clinics and diagnostics
  • PR elective visits
  • DX testing
  • CH dental chairside care
  • CB patients
Collection
Arkansas AR

Operative words

The following mandatory actions can preserve staff, personal protective equipment (PPE), and patient care supplies... Procedures, testing, and office visits that can be safely postponed shall be rescheduled to an appropriate future date. Routine dental and eye care visits shall be postponed. Emergent, urgent and care designated as an exception below will continue. Small rural hospitals under 60 beds and critical access hospitals, though strongly advised to follow this directive to maximize resources, are excluded from this directive.

Enforcement

Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor

Notes

Exceptions for threat to life, permanent dysfunction, metastasis or rapid deterioration.

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