Executive Order – from Gov Ricketts

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On 3/27/2020, Pete Ricketts, Governor of the State of Nebraska, signed an Executive Order which suspends several statutes and their implementing regulations from the Uniform Credentialing Act relating to specific health care providers, which are impairing the ability to access needed health care practitioners in Nebraska.

This Executive Order is located at: governor.nebraska.gov

All executive orders issued by the Governor can also be found at this web address.

NOTE: This Executive Order ONLY applies to the below listed professions and some sections of the Order relate to only a few of the below listed professions:

· Advanced Practice Nursing

· Emergency Medical Services

· Medicine and Surgery

· Mental Health Practice

· Nursing

· Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery

· Perfusion

· Pharmacy

· Psychology

· Respiratory Care, and

· Surgical Assisting