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Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-244, moving the State of Florida into Phase 3.  While the Governor has not yet announced details of public gatherings in Phase 3, the Executive Order allows all businesses to operate (Right to Work) and it allows restaurants to open with no less than 50% capacity, despite any local government order.  For local government emergency orders allowing for less than 100% indoor capacity, Executive Order 20-244 requires local governments to explain why the limitation is necessary for public health and to quantify the economic impact of the limitation on restaurants.

In response to a recent federal District Court ruling, the Department of Labor has released expanded guidance to five important areas of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). These changes will be effective September 16 - December 31, 2020.

The FCA maintains membership in several small business associations in order to better serve you with the latest information for your practice.  Recently, both the National Federation of Independent Business (NIFB) and Florida United Business Association (FUBA) provided updates on PPP Loan Forgiveness.   We share these updates with you on the FCA’s COVID-19 RESOURCE PAGE even as we thank these small business advocates for providing them.
  • From FUBA “Issues” Newsletter, August 2020 Issue:  Read for FUBA’s latest on loan forgiveness basics and procedures, including links to detailed instructions and discussion of employee scenarios that may pertain to your situation.
  • From NFIB Webinar of September 2, 2020, “Ready for PPP Loan Forgiveness? Let’s make sure all your ducks are in a row!”  Presenters Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel, NFIB Legal Foundation, and Holly Wade, Director, NFIB Research Center, review the latest Treasury and SBA updates related to PPP Loan Forgiveness.  Via FCA’s COVID-19 Resource Page, access the recorded webinar with its helpful PowerPoint slides and links to application forms, instructions, loan forgiveness calculator, loan forgiveness tip sheet and other valuable COVID-19 resources for businesses.  Read on to access the links:

From the Florida United Businesses Association Newsletter of August 2020
 
*Note:  As this newsletter went to press, Congress was debating a bill that would simplify the PPP loan forgiveness process.  If this bill becomes law, all PPP loans under $150,000 would be automatically forgiven. You may want to wait to see what happens with this legislation before you apply for loan forgiveness.
 
If your business received a loan from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), you can apply to have your loan forgiven (which means you don’t have to pay it back) if you spend the loan on approved expenses.

August 20 began the 90-day period of the Florida Board of Chiropractic Medicine’s Emergency Order which allows alternate methods by which Florida chiropractic physicians may obtain continuing education hours.

August 7, 2020 - It appears that the Board of Chiropractic Medicine (BOCM), in its 9-hour virtual meeting yesterday, adopted an emergency rule to allow Florida licensed DCs to attain all 40 license renewal CE hours through synchronous learning (livestreaming of an approved event) or through online CEs for the current biennium, due to COVID. We are unsure of the text of the emergency rule and it was difficult to understand the final motions. Please stay tuned for further reports when the emergency rule text is made available.  

Chiropractic graduates having difficulty taking the licensing exams due to Covid-19 virus cancellations can rest assured that any resulting delinquency in student loan payments will not be a bar to Florida licensure, thanks to a new Florida law. Delays in exam administrations and employment may cause some graduates to fall delinquent for lack of a job.

A bill providing a temporary extension of the Paycheck Protection Program, which was initially set to expire on June 30, was signed into law by President Trump last Saturday. Businesses that have not yet applied for PPP funds may do so through August 8. Approximately $130 billion of the $660 billion earmarked for the program is still available to businesses affected by COVID-19 who qualify for relief under the CARES Act.  Here are some further facts as reported by the Lowndes Lawfirm:

With the steady increase of COVID-19 cases and new and varied local government orders on face masks, members have asked whether the ordinances/orders apply to chiropractors in their own offices.  Compliance with the law will depend on your own regional order which you may find for free on this site.  The CDC’s recommended routine infection prevention and control (IPC) practices during the COVID-19 pandemic include all healthcare providers and their patients wear face coverings.
 
To see what your local government requires on face coverings, click your Region in the Lobby Tools link, and scroll to the facial coverings order.  By way of example of the differing orders based upon geography:

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