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Ex. SEC-01-071 Order Primary source read

Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (March 15, 2020) (elective procedures)

Order of the Commissioner of Public Health: Nonessential, Elective Invasive Procedures

Commissioner of Public Health (Department of Public Health), with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor · Massachusetts (State)

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Jurisdiction
Massachusetts
Level
State
Authority
M.G.L. c. 17, 2A; c. 111, 6 and 51
Issued
2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-03-18
End
2020-05-18 (Order permitting attested providers to resume high-priority preventive care and urgent procedures) (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
Mar. 18, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • all hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers licensed by DPH
Functions reached
  • SX
  • OC
  • CB
Collection
Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01

Operative words

[all hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall postpone or cancel any nonessential, elective invasive procedures until the state of emergency is terminated] (scanned PDF; language from DPH's release; ACS quotes the May 18, 2020 successor)

Enforcement

M.G.L. c. 111, 51 licensure

Retrieval note

Scanned; operative words verified_secondary.

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