The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3
- Issued
- 2020-05-01 May 1, 2020
- Effective
- immediately (read as 2020-05-01)
- End
- 2020-05-15 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-05-15)
- In force
- May 1, 2020 to May 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every covered healthcare provider licensed in Utah (physicians, nurses, dentists, dental hygienists, optometrists, physical therapists, podiatrists, chiropractors, naturopaths, athletic trainers, veterinarians and healthcare facilities), excluding hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities
- Functions reached
- CH chairside care
- PR aerosol-generating procedures
- FD front desk and scheduling
- CL clinical intake and waiting room
- ST sterilization and PPE
- CB patients (one companion; vehicle waiting)
- Collection
- Utah UT
Operative words
1. The state public health order issued on March 23, 2020, relating to elective surgeries and procedures, is hereby rescinded.... 3. Each covered healthcare provider shall: a. implement the following protocols regarding the use of face masks: i.... require each individual in a healthcare facility, including each staff member, patient, and individual accompanying a patient, to wear a mask that covers the nose and mouth when within six feet of another individual;... b. permit no more than one individual to accompany each patient; c. ensure that no individual is permitted to congregate in or near the healthcare facility, including to the extent practicable, requiring a patient to wait outside the healthcare facility or in the individual's vehicle...; d. remove any toy, magazine, and other similar item from each waiting room...; e. screen each individual who enters the healthcare facility by: i. taking the individual's temperature; and ii. g. install a protective barrier that separates patients from front desk personnel or require front desk personnel to wear a mask...; h. require each healthcare professional to wear a face shield or goggles that seal around the eyes when performing a treatment that creates an aerosol
Enforcement
Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3
Notes
Recital: 'many procedures postponed as a result of my March 23, 2020, order are now more urgent and medically necessary'; ICU occupancy by COVID-19 patients 'stabilized below 20 percent'.
Retrieval noteThe retrieved text is signed 'Made at 12:00 PM this 1st day of May, 2020' although the file is named 4.21; the Apr. 21 original was not separately retrieved. NGA: Apr. 22, 2020 the Governor directed the Department to allow resumption of some elective procedures.