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Clarifying the Governor's  Executive Order 20-72

Prohibiting Unnecessary, Non-Urgent or Non-Emergency Procedures or Surgeries

and Broward County Administrator’s Emergency Order 20-01

The FCA continues to get questions on the Governor’s Executive Order from Friday since its last Bulletin.  The FCA interpretation of Executive Order 20-72 is that only medically unnecessary, non-urgent or non-emergency procedures or surgeries are prohibited.  This does NOT include chiropractic care.  The Governor’s latest Executive Order falls squarely in line with CMS’s announcement on March 15, 2020.  

Many FCA members have inquired whether, like other businesses, they are forced to close their doors based upon the Governor’s new Executive Order 20-72, for the safety and health of their employees, or in order to comply with a City or County Declaration / Emergency Order.  While the Governor’s new Executive Order is of some ambiguity and we will continue to seek clarification, the Governor’s press conference, along with the Introduction to EO 20-72, reveals the purpose of the Executive Order is to, “conserve all medical supplies including personal protective equipment, or only that which is necessary to be used in response to this emergency…” At this time, we are recommending that, if a personal decision is made to keep your doors open, at this writing, you are free to do so.
 
Note that the FCA has not reviewed every City or County Declaration / Emergency Order where your answer will also exist.  In those County or City Declarations, you will likely be defined as a healthcare provider or doctor who is exempt from any mandatory closure, but that you are not required (though you may) stay open.  The FCA continues to monitor the Governor’s office for any further Executive Orders on this issue.  Here is what we know:

Governor’s Emergency Order Prompts Fla. Board of Chiropractic Medicine’s Decision 
Tallahassee - In a challenging and unprecedented time in our Nation’s history, the Fla. Board of Chiropractic Medicine earlier today agreed to extend licenses for those chiropractic physicians who, nearly 10 days from the expiration of the biennium deadline, do not have all of their 40 required CE hours for license renewal.  For those who have not yet renewed their Florida licenses, on March 31, 2020, their licenses will be renewed with proper payment, and those who are deficient in hours will have until Jan. 1, 2021 – nine additional months --to complete those hours.   We do not yet know the timing for the administrative steps involved to implement this extension or when you could successfully renew online without having the completed hours.

The U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services and the U.S. Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center have posted a notice about a malicious website related to the coronavirus.  The website pretending to be the live map for Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases by Johns Hopkins University is circulating on the internet waiting for unwitting internet users to visit the website. Visiting the website infects the user with the AZORult trojan, an information stealing program which can exfiltrate a variety of sensitive data. It is likely being spread via infected email attachments, malicious online advertisements, and social engineering. Furthermore, anyone searching the internet for a Coronavirus map could unwittingly navigate to this malicious website. 

The FCA salutes ChiroHealthUSA, an FCA member benefit provider, for its outstanding effort to supply chiropractic-specific information to help you make your best patient care and business decisions during the COVID-19 crisis.  Today, CHUSA released an informative email announcement with links to business information and invitation to a free webinar to answer these important questions:

  • What do I need to know about this pandemic?
  • What should I do for my patients, my staff, and my practice?
  • What is our clinic's policy regarding disease control? Is it consistent with recommendations from OSHA?
  • How should we train our staff?
  • How does patient care change?
  • Should we close our doors?
  • What should we communicate to our communities/patients about our practice’s policy regarding COVID-19?

Dear CE Makeup Weekend Registrant,
 
The CE Makeup Weekend is still scheduled to begin this afternoon.  Be assured that proactive steps are being taken to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.  We have expanded our meeting space to allow for more sparse seating to give more personal space and the guidelines below are being adhered to. We appreciate the assistance of Rosen Shingle Creek in this regard.  And we want to share the latest information available: See new developments in the Refund Policies section below.

The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress (F4CP) is pleased to unveil its newest campaign, Optimizing Performance with Chiropractic Care.

According to the results of a Harris Poll survey commissioned by the Foundation, more than eight in 10 consumers (81%) believe chiropractic care is effective for professional and amateur athletes.

Speaking to the results of the survey, this new campaign will feature a number of professional athletes communicating their own positive experiences with chiropractic care in a series of poster, social media clips and personal statements. 

Through July 2020, the Foundation will showcase one professional athlete’s story per month to help build momentum leading up until the airing of its brand-new :30 second chiropractic TV commercial, set to air five times on NBC during the 2020 Summer Olympics. 

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