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Executive Order No. 112 (2020)

Removal of licensing barriers for health care professionals joining the COVID-19 response; civil immunity for front-line health care responders

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq., -45, -47; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01 (immediately) (read as 2020-04-01)
End
Listed in P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 1(3) to remain in effect until January 1, 2022; civil and criminal immunity under EO 112 and P.L. 2020, c. 18 expired September 1, 2021 (c. 103, sec. 2) (read as 2022-01-01)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to Jan. 1, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • Division of Consumer Affairs and its licensing boards
  • health care professionals (retired, out-of-State, foreign-licensed)
  • health care facilities
Functions reached
  • HR credentialing and licensure
  • IC/HC staffing of hospitals and facilities
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "The DCA is authorized to reactivate, on a temporary basis for the duration of the State of Emergency or Public Health Emergency, whichever is longer, the license of any healthcare professional previously licensed to practice in New Jersey who retired from active practice within the last five years"... Para. 2: "The DCA is authorized to issue a license to practice medicine and/or surgery, on a temporary basis for the duration of the State of Emergency or Public Health Emergency, whichever is longer, to any physician... " [licensed in another jurisdiction or country].

Enforcement

Licensure; statutory suspensions and waivers of N.J.S.A. 45:1-7.4, 45:9-19.17 and 45:9-27.13a

Notes

Health care workforce instrument continued by statute into Q3 2021; the immunity it conferred ended September 1, 2021 by c. 103, sec. 2.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov (paras. 1-2 and 12 read; immunity provisions summarized from c. 103, sec. 2).