Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. New Mexico
  3. NM-013

Ex. NM-013 Order Primary source read

Public Health Emergency Order Modifying Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Apr. 30, 2020)

Public Health Emergency Order Modifying Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries

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

Open exhibit (PDF, 994 KB)Source (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (opens in a new tab)
The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Level
State
Authority
Public Health Emergency Response Act Section 12-10A-6; NMSA 1978, Section 12-10-4(B)(3); EO 2020-004 as renewed
Issued
2020-04-30 Apr. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-04-30
End
Duration of the emergency unless rescinded; guidelines governed resumption through 2020 (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Apr. 30, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • hospitals and health care facilities
  • ambulatory surgical facilities
  • dental, orthodontic and endodontic offices
  • medical practitioners
Functions reached
  • SX
  • PR dental procedures
  • OC
  • VS visitation
  • IC infection control
  • SC PPE conservation
  • 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, except under the conditions provided below. 2. Medical practitioners may gradually resume operations in compliance with guidelines provided by the New Mexico Department of Health... 'Reopening Guidelines: Medical Offices.' 3. Hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities may gradually resume operations in compliance with... 'Medically Necessary Surgery and Procedural Guidelines.' 4. To reopen or expand ambulatory or inpatient surgery, a facility must affirm past compliance with all current Public Health Emergency Orders and demonstrate... Reporting daily to the Department via the HAvBED system... Restricting visitors in healthcare settings

Enforcement

Civil administrative penalties up to $5,000 per violation (as in NM-007)

Notes

Conditioned resumption: symptom monitoring, distancing, PPE conservation and decontamination, daily reporting, staffing plans.

Retrieval note

OCR read.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.