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Ex. MS-027 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 1508

Safe Return extended to August 3, 2020; hospitals must reserve 10 percent of capacity to perform elective procedures; pools 50 percent

Governor Tate Reeves · Mississippi (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Mississippi
Level
State
Authority
Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
Issued
2020-07-19 July 19, 2020
Effective
2020-07-20 08:00 (read as 2020-07-20)
End
2020-08-03 08:00 (read as 2020-08-03)
In force
July 20, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capHealth care orders
Addressees
  • health care facilities
  • pools
  • all businesses
Functions reached
  • SX elective procedures
  • IP surge capacity
  • AM pools
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

Paragraph I(g)(ii)(2) of Executive Order 1492 is amended to establish that in order to perform non-emergent, elective medical procedures and surgeries, the healthcare facility where such procedures and surgeries are performed must reserve at least 10% of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients, accounting for the range of clinical severity of COVID-19 patients. This Executive Order shall be effective at 8:00 a.m. on Monday July 20, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, August 3, 2020.

Enforcement

As in EO 1492

Notes

Replaces the 25 percent reserve of EO 1477/1492 with 10 percent.

Retrieval note

Signature date 'the 19th day of July' confirmed by viewing page 2.

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