The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.06.220(1)(h); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW
- Issued
- 2020-05-18 May 18, 2020
- Effective
- Retroactive to 11:59 p.m. May 17, 2020 (read as 2020-05-17)
- End
- Until the state of emergency is rescinded or the order is amended or rescinded; replaced by 20-24.2 (Nov. 25, 2020; effective Dec. 3, 2020) (read as 2020-11-25)
- In force
- May 17, 2020 to Nov. 25, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all medical, dental and dental specialty facilities, practices, and practitioners
- Functions reached
- SX
- PR
- CH
- ST sterilization and fallow time
- SC PPE (PPE supply criteria)
- FD scheduling
- CB
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
I hereby prohibit all medical, dental and dental specialty facilities, practices, and practitioners in Washington State from providing non-urgent health care and dental services, procedures, and surgeries unless they act in good faith and with reasonable clinical judgment to meet and follow the procedures and criteria provided below: COVID Assessment: Local health jurisdictions (LHJs) in collaboration with their health partners, should assess the COVID-19 status in the communities they serve.... This Proclamation is retroactive to 11:59 PM on May 17, 2020, and shall remain in effect until the [state of emergency is rescinded or this order is amended or rescinded].
Enforcement
RCW 43.06.220(5); DOH licensing
Notes
Resumption of non-urgent care conditioned on PPE supply, testing, distancing, screening and capacity criteria; the conditions were in force through December 2, 2020.