The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9(e)(1); tit. 23, ch. 17 (suspended in part)
- Issued
- 2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-26
- End
- 2021-09-25 by its terms; extended by EO 21-98 (through Oct. 23), 21-104 (Oct. 22), 21-111, 21-118 (Dec. 2021); EO 21-120 (Dec. 22, 2021) restated hospital capacity measures (read as 2021-09-25)
- In force
- Aug. 26, 2021 to Sept. 25, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care orders
- Addressees
- all licensed hospitals and nursing facilities
- Functions reached
- IP surge capacity
- SX elective capacity
- RS
- Collection
- Rhode Island RI
Operative words
1. The hospital facility licensing statutes and rules and certificate of need statutes [and rules are suspended to the extent necessary to expand capacity in response to COVID-19]... This Executive Order shall remain in full force and effect until September 25, 2021, [unless renewed].
Enforcement
Licensure under ch. 23-17
Notes
Third-quarter 2021 health-care order; recites that EO 20-02 was extended 'until at least September 4, 2021'.