Executive Order 16-20

The record

Jurisdiction

West Virginia

Level

State

Authority

W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1

Issued

2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020

Effective

2020-04-01 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-04-01)

End

Amended Apr. 20, 2020 (EO 28-20: hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers may resume more urgent elective procedures on OHFLAC approval no earlier than Apr. 28); terminated for all facilities and practitioners other than OHFLAC-regulated hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers 12:00 a.m. Apr. 30, 2020 (EO 30-20 paragraph 1); formally terminated Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21) (read as 2020-04-20)

In force

Apr. 1, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care orders

Addressees

• all hospitals, offices, and clinics throughout the state

Functions reached

• SX surgery and elective procedures
• PR procedures and elective visits
• CH chairside dental care and PR aerosol-generating procedures
• OC outpatient clinics
• CB patients
• WF

Collection

West Virginia WV

Operative words

all elective medical procedures are hereby prohibited; provided that patients will still have access to urgent, medically necessary procedures like those needed to preserve the patient's life or long-term health; and provided that this prohibition applies equally to all types of elective medical procedures performed in hospitals, offices, and clinics throughout the state. The term 'elective' includes medical procedures that are not immediately medically necessary to preserve the patient's life or long-term health, except that procedures that cannot be postponed without compromising the patient's long-term health, procedures that cannot be performed consistent with other law at a later date, or procedures that are religiously mandated shall not be considered 'elective' under this Order.

Enforcement

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