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Ex. MS-056 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization

Order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization, December 15, 2020

State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH) · Mississippi (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Mississippi
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Miss. Code Ann. 41-3-15, 41-23-5; delegated authority under EO 1525 par. V
Issued
2020-12-15 Dec. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-12-15
End
2020-12-23 'at least' (Ballotpedia) (read as 2020-12-23)
In force
Dec. 15, 2020 to Dec. 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • hospitals
Functions reached
  • SX elective surgery
  • IP inpatient capacity
Collection
Mississippi MS

Notes

Ballotpedia (Dec. 15, 2020): 'State Health Officer Thomas Dobbs announced hospitals have to postpone elective surgeries that require overnight hospitalization starting Dec. 15 through at least Dec. 23.'

Retrieval note

Described by category in any memorandum; primary text not located (MSDH's 2020 resource PDFs were not reachable through the Wayback index during this session).

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