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Memorandum to Pennsylvania Acute Care Hospital Chief Executive Officers and Chief Medical Officers (expectations for surge; elective procedures)

Memorandum of the Secretary of Health for Hospital Leaders

Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D. · Pennsylvania (State)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
Department of Health direction to licensed acute care hospitals; precursor to the Nov. 23, 2020 elective-procedures order (PA-025)
Issued
2020-11-17 Nov. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-11-17
End
Followed by the Nov. 23, 2020 order (PA-025) (read as 2020-11-23)
In force
Nov. 17, 2020 to Nov. 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • acute care hospitals
Functions reached
  • SX surgery and elective procedures
  • IP surge capacity
  • CB patients and referring practices
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

On March 17, 2020, the Department issued guidance to licensed hospitals requiring them to postpone or cancel all elective procedures, which was followed by Orders from the Governor and the Secretary of Health (Secretary) on March 19, 2020, mandating hospitals stop elective [procedures]... On April 27, 2020, the Department lifted restrictions on elective procedures in accordance with a Joint Statement issued by the American [College of Surgeons, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Association of periOperative] Registered Nurses, and American Hospital Association on the safe resumption of elective procedures. Elective procedures were prohibited for 40 days during the spring surge... [the Secretary states her] intention to again, by Order, prohibit all elective procedures across the Commonwealth [if hospital capacity metrics are met].

Enforcement

Department of Health direction to licensees; the Nov. 23, 2020 order followed

Notes

Primary recital fixing the Commonwealth's elective-procedure prohibition at Mar. 17/19 - Apr. 27, 2020 ('40 days') for hospitals, physician offices, outpatient centers and dental offices (the life-sustaining list's notation).

Retrieval note

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