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- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-107
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 00:01 (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- 2020-04-13 00:01 (amended and superseded by EO 25 effective Apr. 9, 2020) (read as 2020-04-13)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 13, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersSupply chain
- Addressees
- dental service providers
- all hospitals and surgical outpatient facilities
- non-hospital healthcare providers (requested and urged)
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02
Operative words
2. All hospitals and surgical outpatient facilities in the State of Tennessee shall not perform non-essential procedures, which includes any medical procedure that is not necessary to preserve the patient's life or health, including, at a minimum, joint replacement, bariatric surgery, and cosmetic surgery... 3. Non-hospital healthcare providers impacted by this Order are requested and urged to postpone elective and non-urgent procedures and to provide any PPE in their possession and not required for the emergency care exempted in the Order... 5. This Order shall be effective and enforceable at 12:01 a.m., Central Daylight Time, on March 24, 2020
Enforcement
Tenn. Code Ann. 58-2-120 (Class A misdemeanor)
Notes
Office-based providers were 'requested and urged' under EO 18 and ordered under EO 25.