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Executive Order GA-09

Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster

Governor Greg Abbott · Texas (State)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
State
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.011, 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.173
Issued
2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-03-22 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-22)
End
2020-04-21 11:59 p.m. (followed by GA-15 from 2020-04-21 11:59 p.m.) (read as 2020-04-21)
In force
Mar. 22, 2020 to Apr. 21, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureHealth care orders
Addressees
  • all licensed health care professionals
  • all licensed health care facilities
Functions reached
  • SX surgery and elective procedures
  • PR elective and aerosol-generating dental procedures
  • CH chairside care
  • OC outpatient clinics and diagnostics
  • CB patients
Collection
Texas TX

Operative words

beginning now and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on April 21, 2020, all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not immediately medically necessary to correct a serious medical condition of, or to preserve the life of, a patient who without immediate performance of the surgery or procedure would be at risk for serious adverse medical consequences or death, as determined by the patient's physician; PROVIDED, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to any procedure that, if performed in accordance with the commonly accepted standard of clinical practice, would not deplete the hospital capacity or the personal protective equipment needed to cope with the COVID-19 disaster.

Enforcement

Recites Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173: 'failure to comply with any executive order issued during the COVID-19 disaster is an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both'; licensing boards (TMB, TSBDE) enforced through emergency rules

Notes

Statewide postponement of elective surgeries and procedures for every licensed professional and facility, including dentists, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals; also suspends 25 TAC ch. 133 hospital licensing provisions for surge capacity

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