The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-25 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-25)
- End
- 2020-04-25 11:59 p.m. by its terms; rescinded earlier by the Department's order of Apr. 21/22, 2020 (reissued May 1, 2020, UT-014) (read as 2020-04-25)
- In force
- Mar. 25, 2020 to Apr. 25, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- 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 procedures (dental, medical)
- OC outpatient procedures
- CB patients
- Collection
- Utah UT
Operative words
hereby order that, effective as of 12:01 a.m. on March 25, 2020, all licensed health-care professionals and all licensed health-care facilities shall postpone all elective surgeries and procedures in accordance with version 3.15.20 of the CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations, promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on March 18, 2020.
Enforcement
Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3 (public health order)
Notes
Recitals: hospital capacity and PPE 'are being depleted by surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary'. Reaches physicians, dentists, veterinarians and every licensed facility.