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NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020

NCDHHS request to suspend elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries

Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS) · North Carolina (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
Request under EO 116 (Mar. 10, 2020); G.S. 130A-20 (abatement authority not invoked)
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
2020-04-30 (procedures resumed under DHHS guidance and EO 138, May 5, 2020) (read as 2020-04-30)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers
Functions reached
  • SX
  • OC
Collection
Hospitals and Health Systems SEC-01

Operative words

Effective March 23, 2020, as part of a unified response, I request all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers suspend all elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries. Elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries are defined as any procedure or surgery that if not done within the next 4 weeks would [not] cause harm to the patient (ACS tracker quotation).

Enforcement

Request; the mandatory layer in North Carolina was EO 121 (stay at home, Mar. 30, 2020) and the visitor restrictions of EO 116-138

Notes

North Carolina's instrument was a Secretarial request, not an order; the memoranda describe it as such and rely on the general orders.

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