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Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Mar. 24, 2020)

Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries; Providing Guidance on those Restrictions; and Requiring a Report from Certain Health Care Providers

Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel · New Mexico (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Level
State
Authority
Public Health Emergency Response Act, NMSA 1978, Section 12-10A-6(A)(2), (B); Public Health Act Section 24-1-3(C), (Q); NMSA 1978, Section 12-10-4(B)(3); EO 2020-004
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27 (prohibition); order effective immediately (read as 2020-03-27)
End
Modified Apr. 30, 2020 (NM-013): prohibition continued 'except under the conditions provided below' with gradual resumption under DOH guidelines (read as 2020-04-30)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureHealth care orders
Addressees
  • hospitals and other health care facilities
  • ambulatory surgical facilities
  • dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices
Functions reached
  • SX surgery and elective procedures
  • PR dental elective and aerosol procedures
  • CH chairside hygiene
  • OC outpatient clinics
  • CB patients
  • FD scheduling
Collection
New Mexico NM

Operative words

1. All hospitals and other health care facilities, ambulatory surgical facilities, dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices in the State of New Mexico are prohibited from providing non-essential health care services, procedures, and surgeries. 2.... 'non-essential health care services, procedures, and surgeries' include those which can be delayed for three (3) months without undue risk to the patient's health.... 4. The prohibition... will take effect on March 27, 2020. 5. Within three (3) days of the date of this Order, each health care provider or facility... shall submit to the New Mexico Department of Health a policy addressing how it will comply with this Order

Enforcement

Para. 6: 'A person who willfully violates this Order may be subject to civil administrative penalties, including fines up to $5,000 per violation, in addition to other civil or criminal penalties that may be available at law.'

Notes

Exceptions: emergency and urgent care; treatment without which a serious condition worsens; full suite of family planning services.

Retrieval note

Scanned; OCR read in full.

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