NC Governor Roy Cooper Executive Order

North Carolina -- Ruhterford Chamber of Commerce: The Governor has issued EO130. Please see explanation from Will Polk with NCEM below:

Governor Cooper issued this Executive Order to prepare for and address a forecasted surge of COVID-19 cases requiring inpatient hospitalization in facilities across North Carolina in the coming days. A recent composite modeling forecast, constructed by experts from North Carolina universities and research organizations, estimates that by the end of May 2020, approximately 250,000 North Carolinians will be infected with the novel coronavirus, even if social distancing measures continue through that date. Other statistical modeling by experts within and outside North Carolina predict a significant risk that North Carolina will not have a sufficient number of hospital beds and medical equipment to meet the crisis.

The Order includes delegating to the Secretary of Health & Human Services authority to waive or modify the enforcement of laws or regulations in order to allow increases in licensed health care facilities’ bed capacity, allow increases in available medical professionals, allow acquisition of critical medical equipment, and allow transfer of medical resources where they can be most effective and save the most lives. The Order also provides for the usage of EMAC for telehealth work in North Carolina and other States.

The actions contemplated in the Order are temporary and shall remain in effect for 60 days unless rescinded or replaced with a superseding Executive Order.
 
Below is a link to an ex-plainer document for the provisions in the Executive Order.
https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/DHHS-Explainer-final.pdf