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Executive Order 17-20

Suspension of health regulatory statutes (CRNA administration of anesthesia; APRN prescriptive authority; 90-day in-person examination for Schedule II opioid refills)

Governor Jim Justice · West Virginia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Level
State
Authority
W. Va. Code 15-5-6
Issued
2020-03-31 Mar. 31, 2020
Effective
2020-03-31
End
Kept in force by EO 12-21 paragraph 2(e) (Apr. 20, 2021) (read as 2021-04-20)
In force
Mar. 31, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses
  • prescribing practitioners
Functions reached
  • TM telehealth
  • PR procedures
  • HR credentialing
Collection
West Virginia WV

Operative words

the following statutory regulations are to be suspended for the duration of the State of Emergency: 1. Requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) licensure as follows: to permit the Board, in their discretion, to suspend or modify the requirement for the administration of anesthesia (W. Va. Code 30-7-15); 2. Requirement for advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) licensure...; and 3. Requirement that a practitioner is required to conduct an in-person physical examination every 90 days prior to prescribing a refill for a Schedule II opioid medication to an existing patient for chronic pain treatment (W. Va. Code 16-54-4(h)), provided that the provider utilizes other appropriate tools to evaluate the patient at these intervals.

Enforcement

Suspension of statutes; Board discretion

Notes

The in-person examination suspension is the State's own recognition that in-person clinical visits were to be avoided.

Retrieval note

Secretary of State filed copy read by OCR; the Governor's website copy (governor.wv.gov/Documents/EO%2017-20.pdf) is a dead link whose archive capture did not return a PDF.

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