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Ex. WV-024 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 30-20

Termination of the elective-procedure prohibition for all facilities except OHFLAC-regulated hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers; Chapter 30 health care boards directed to issue reopening guidance

Governor Jim Justice · West Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
West Virginia
Level
State
Authority
W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1
Issued
2020-04-27 Apr. 27, 2020
Effective
2020-04-30 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-04-30)
End
Kept in force by EO 12-21 paragraph 2(i) as 'providing for health care facilities to have adequate and appropriate personal protective equipment and to be prepared to contribute as necessary in the event of any adverse change in public health conditions or surge' (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Apr. 30, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain
Addressees
  • all clinics, offices and facilities of professionals licensed by the Chapter 30 Health Care Boards (Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Optometry, Chiropractic, Psychology, Social Work, Counseling and others)
  • the Chapter 30 Health Care Boards
Functions reached
  • PR procedures and elective visits
  • CH and PR dental care
  • OC outpatient clinics
  • CL clinical intake
  • HR
Collection
West Virginia WV

Operative words

1. Executive Order 16-20, as amended and supplemented by Executive Order 28-20, is terminated for all facilities and health care providers and practitioners, except those hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers regulated by OHFLAC... 2. All Chapter 30 Health Care Boards... are hereby directed to develop, publish, and disseminate guidance, including as to timing of implementation and resumption or expansion of services under the jurisdiction of the respective boards, and best practices... 3. All clinics, offices, and other facilities operated by or with medical and health care professionals licensed or regulated by Chapter 30 Health Care Boards, except for the hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers subject to Section 1 of this Order, may resume all operations and procedures, including elective procedures, according to such guidance and best practices as is disseminated by the applicable Chapter 30 Health Care Board(s) pursuant to Section 2 of this Order.

Enforcement

Licensing boards' guidance made the condition of resumption; OHFLAC for hospitals

Notes

Names the West Virginia Board of Dentistry among the boards whose guidance governed resumption; the Board's guidance itself is not saved.

Retrieval note

Read by OCR; Secretary of State DocID 89829.