The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; Public Health Council authorization; approval of the Governor
- Issued
- 2020-05-18 May 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-18
- End
- Superseded by the June 24, 2020 order (read as 2020-06-24)
- In force
- May 18, 2020 to June 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all health care providers (hospitals, ASCs, physician and dental practices)
- Functions reached
- SX/PR elective procedures limited to urgent, attesting providers
- CH/PR dental hygiene and elective dental procedures
- FD scheduling
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
a health care provider that has submitted an attestation to the state certifying that they meet clinical, capacity, safety standards, and governance requirements to resume providing high-priority preventative care and urgent procedures or services that cannot be delivered remotely and would lead to high risk or significant worsening of the patient's condition if deferred shall implement procedures published by the Department of Public Health regarding the scheduling and performance of such urgent elective invasive procedures. Any such health care provider that has not submitted the attestation shall not perform any non-essential elective invasive procedures.
Enforcement
Facility and professional licensure