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Executive Order No. 18

An Order to Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 by Limiting Non-Emergency Healthcare Procedures

Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee (State)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
12:01 a.m. CDT Mar. 24, 2020 (read as 2020-03-24)
End
12:01 a.m. Apr. 13, 2020 (¶ 5); amended and superseded by EO 25 effective Apr. 9, 2020 (read as 2020-04-13)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
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • dental service providers (dentists, orthodontists, oral surgeons, periodontists, prosthodontists, endodontists)
  • all hospitals and surgical outpatient facilities
Functions reached
  • CH/PR dental hygiene and elective procedures prohibited
  • SX elective surgery postponed
  • SC PPE requisitioned to TEMA
  • CB patient volume
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

1. Dental service providers in the State of Tennessee... shall not perform any non-emergency dental or oral procedures. Non-emergency dental or oral procedures include hygiene visits, cosmetic procedures, and other elective procedures.... 2. All hospitals and surgical outpatient facilities in the State of Tennessee shall not perform non-essential procedures... must postpone through the expiration of this Order, at a minimum, joint replacement, bariatric surgery, and cosmetic surgery... 3. Non-hospital healthcare providers... are requested and encouraged to provide necessary personal protective equipment... to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

Enforcement

'effective and enforceable' (¶ 5); Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120

Notes

Dental: all hygiene visits barred; hospitals and ASCs: non-essential procedures barred; EO 22 Attachment A ¶ 2 provides that Health Care operations 'does not include any procedures that would violate Executive Order No. 18, which remains in effect'

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