EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Division of Emergency Management
The Division of Emergency Management
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
In re:
SUSPENSION OF STATUTES, RULESDEM NO. 17- 0002
AND ORDERS, MADE NECESSARY
BY HURRICANE IRMA
EMERGENCY ORDER
Pursuant to the authority granted by Executive Order No. 17-235, I find that timely execution of the mitigation, response, and recovery aspects of the State’s emergency management plan, as it relates to the Hurricane Irma, is negatively impacted by the application of certain regulatory statutes. Therefore, I promulgate the following:
The provision of health care services and treatment in Florida by any person who holds a valid and unrestricted and unencumbered license in another state, territory, and/or district who accompanies and cares for a patient temporarily residing in the state of Florida during a period not to exceed thirty days (unless extended) is permitted, if such health care practitioner does not represent or hold themselves out as a health care practitioner licensed to practice in Florida. The permitted provision of health care services and treatment by such persons is limited to those licensees as defined in section 456.001(4), part III of chapter 401 and part IV of chapter 468, Florida Statutes. Any statute and/or rule to the contrary is hereby suspended for a period of thirty days unless extended.
The provisions of chapters 499 and 465, Florida Statutes, and rules promulgated thereunder, that if applied, would operate to limit distribution, dispensing or administration of otherwise legitimate prescription drugs in a manner that could hinder, prevent or delay mitigation of any health-related condition are suspended for a period of thirty days, unless extended. This paragraph does not affect any law governing any controlled substance as that term is defined in chapter 893, Florida Statutes.
Because section 252.36(5)(a), Florida Statutes, allows the Governor to suspend the provisions of “any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for [the] conduct of state business”, and because Executive Order No. 17-235 designates the Director of the Division of Emergency Management as the State Coordinating Officer for this emergency, the requirements of sections 252.46 and 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, do not apply to this Order.
The effective dates of this Order shall correspond with the effective dates of Executive Order No. 17-235.
Executed this 7th day of September, 2017, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
FLORIDA DIVISION OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Bryan W. Koon
Bryan W. Koon, Director
2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Filed on this date,
with receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged.
Judith W. Crosby
Division Clerk
Date: September 7, 2017
A copy of the Emergency Order May be obtained by contacting the Agency Clerk at the Division of Emergency Management, Southwood State Office Complex, Sadowski Building, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100
