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Executive Order No. 15

An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules and Taking Other Necessary Measures in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and Containment of COVID-19

Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107(e)
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
End
12:01 a.m. May 18, 2020 (¶ 41); superseded EO 14 (¶ 42); replaced by EO 36 (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationHealth care ordersCourts and public officesSupply chainOther
Addressees
  • health care professionals and facilities
  • pharmacies
  • laboratories
  • carriers
  • insurers
  • Department of Safety
  • licensing boards
  • employers (unemployment provisions)
Functions reached
  • HC licensing, telehealth and laboratory operations
  • WF unemployment provisions (¶¶ 16-17)
  • CRT driver-license and permit expirations extended (¶¶ 22-27)
  • OF notarization and filing deadlines
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

¶ 2: The relevant provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Titles 63 and 68... are hereby suspended to the extent necessary to give the Commissioner of Health the discretion to allow a health care professional who is licensed in another state... to engage in the practice of such individual's profession in Tennessee...; ¶ 23: The provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Sections 55-50-336 and 55-50-337 [driver license expirations]... suspended...; ¶ 38: Health insurance carriers are urged to provide coverage for the delivery of clinically appropriate... telemedicine...

Enforcement

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120

Notes

Forty-two paragraphs of regulatory suspensions: health-care licensure, telemedicine (¶ 38), driver licenses (¶ 23), building-plan review (¶ 28), unemployment (¶¶ 16-17), price gouging extended (¶ 13), oversize loads (¶ 14), hours-of-service (¶ 15)

Retrieval note

Amended by EO 19 (Mar. 24), 20 (Mar. 26), 24 (Apr. 3), 28 (Apr. 17) and 32 (May 1, 2020), which added telemedicine, licensing and deadline provisions (not saved as exhibits; all on the Secretary of State's site under the same URL pattern).