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- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, secs. 418.012, 418.016, 418.173
- Issued
- 2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-22
- End
- 2020-04-21 23:59 (superseded by GA-15) (read as 2020-04-21)
- In force
- Mar. 22, 2020 to Apr. 21, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersSupply chain
- Addressees
- all licensed health care professionals
- all licensed health care facilities
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02
Operative words
beginning now and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on April 21, 2020, all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary to diagnose or correct a serious medical condition of, or to preserve the life of, a patient who without immediate performance of the surgery or procedure would be at risk for serious adverse medical consequences or death, as determined by the patient's physician; PROVIDED, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to any procedure that, if performed in accordance with the commonly accepted standard of clinical practice, would not deplete the hospital capacity or the personal protective equipment needed to cope with the COVID-19 disaster
Enforcement
Tex. Gov't Code 418.173: fine not to exceed $1,000, confinement in jail not to exceed 180 days, or both (recited)
Notes
Reaches every licensed professional and facility, not hospitals only.
Retrieval noteLegislative Reference Library copy.