Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. New Jersey
  3. NJ-085

Ex. NJ-085 Order Primary source read

Executive Directive No. 20-018 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the 2023 revision)

COVID-19 protocols for hospitals resuming elective surgery and invasive diagnostic procedures

Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health · New Jersey (Sector regulator)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
N.J.S.A. 26:13-12; EO 145 para. 2; P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 5
Issued
2020-06-24 June 24, 2020
Effective
2020-06-24 (original); amended Oct. 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021 (read as 2020-06-24)
End
Continued after June 4, 2021 under P.L. 2021, c. 103; revised 2023 (outside the period) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
June 24, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • hospitals licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:43G
Functions reached
  • SX surgery under screening, testing, PPE and capacity protocols
  • IP surge capacity conditions
  • IC infection control
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Recitals: "the Department of Health issued Executive Directive No. 20-018 on June 24, 2020, providing guidance to hospitals resuming elective surgeries and invasive procedures"; "Executive Directive No. 20-018 was amended on October 20, 2020, and June 16, 2021, to correspond with the changing phases of the COVID-19 emergency response"; "P.L.2021, c.103 sought to enable the State to bring an end to its prior Public Health Emergency while still allowing for an orderly continuation of the Administration's ability to order certain public health measures".

Enforcement

Licensure (N.J.A.C. 8:43G); EO 145 para. 4

Notes

Hospitals: elective-procedure protocols amended June 16, 2021 and in force through Q3 2021.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov/health (recitals of the 2023 revision).