Governor amends executive order on pandemic

Posted on: 10/30/20

On Friday, Oct. 23, Gov. Stitt released his sixth amended Executive Order 2020-20 of the pandemic, which extends the State Public Health Emergency to Nov. 23. Temporary occupational licensure for nurses, physicians and others governed by those boards has been extended from 14 days after expiration of the order to 60 days, so any temporary licenses would now expire Jan. 22, 2021 unless the governor issues another order. Further, data reporting by hospitals has changed to reflect less data points required. OHA staff has prepared this comparison of the EOs on occupational licensure and data reporting. 

In addition, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced updates to the state’s COVID-19 data reporting process in the daily Executive Order report. To read about those changes, click here. (Sandra Harrison)