The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ala. Code 22-2-2(4); Governor's Proclamation of Mar. 13, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-19 (delay of elective medical procedures); 2020-03-28 (all dental, medical or surgical procedures postponed except emergencies) (read as 2020-03-19)
- End
- 2020-04-17 17:00 as amended. (read as 2020-04-17)
- In force
- Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all health care providers
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02
Operative words
All dental, medical, or surgical procedures shall be postponed until further notice, subject to the following exceptions: Dental, medical, or surgical procedures necessary to treat an emergency medical condition... Dental, medical, or surgical procedures necessary to avoid serious harm from an underlying condition or disease, or necessary as part of a patient's ongoing and active treatment (ACS quotation)
Enforcement
Ala. Code 22-2-14 (misdemeanor)
Retrieval noteADPH legal assets not archived under a discoverable path. scanned, 3 pages; page 1 read from a rendering (Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), effective Mar. 19, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.). The Mar. 27, 2020 amended order is at legal/assets/order-adph-cov-gatherings-032720.pdf and the Apr. 3, 2020 stay-at-home order at legal/assets/soe-covid19-040320.pdf (not saved).