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Ex. SEC-02-022 Order Primary source read

Emergency Executive Order 20-09

Directing Delay of Inpatient and Outpatient Elective Surgery and Procedural Cases during COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency

Governor Tim Walz (approved by the Executive Council) · Minnesota (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Minnesota
Level
State
Authority
Minn. Stat. ch. 12, secs. 12.21, 12.31, 12.32, 12.45
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 17:00 (read as 2020-03-23)
End
rescinded by EO 20-51 as of May 10, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-05-10)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to May 10, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • all providers of inpatient and outpatient surgeries and procedures, including dental
Functions reached
  • PR
  • DX
  • SC
  • CL
  • CB
Collection
Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

1. Beginning no later than March 23, 2020 at 5:00 pm, and continuing for the duration of the peacetime emergency declared in Executive Order 20-01 or until this Executive Order is rescinded, all non-essential or elective surgeries and procedures, including non-emergent or elective dental care, that utilize PPE or ventilators must be postponed indefinitely. 2. A non-essential surgery or procedure is a surgery or procedure that can be delayed without undue risk to the current or future health of a patient... a person who willfully violates paragraph 1 of this Executive Order is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days

Enforcement

Minn. Stat. 12.45 misdemeanor

Notes

Applies to outpatient procedural cases in offices and clinics.

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