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Executive Order No. 109 (2020)

Suspension of elective surgeries and invasive procedures; PPE inventory reporting

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-27 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-27)
End
2020-05-26 5:00 a.m. (EO 145) (read as 2020-05-26)
In force
Mar. 27, 2020 to May 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • all health care facilities and licensed providers; businesses holding PPE
Functions reached
  • SX
  • OC
  • SC PPE inventory reporting
  • CB
Collection
Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01

Operative words

1. Beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020, all 'elective' surgeries performed on adults, whether medical or dental, and all 'elective' invasive procedures performed on adults, whether medical or dental, are suspended in the State. An 'elective' surgery or invasive procedure, for purposes of this Order, is defined as any surgery or invasive procedure that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of the patient as determined by the patient's treating physician or dentist.

Enforcement

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49, -50 (disorderly persons offense)

Notes

Also required businesses and institutions with PPE to inventory and report; hospitals' elective service lines suspended for two months.

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