On March 19, 2020, State of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee issued a second executive order, Executive Order No. 15, dealing with a number of measures affecting health care providers. Together with the previous Executive Order 14, the executive orders do the following:

(1) Waive CON requirements for temporary new hospital beds.

(2) Authorize use of hospital facilities for uses for which they are not currently authorized.

(3) Waive the requirement of having construction plans for health care facilities approved in advance by the TDOH.

(4) Authorize the use of tents or other temporary structures for temporarily hospital space.

(5) Waive the requirements that all health care practitioners providing services in Tennessee have a Tennessee license if they are appropriately licensed in another state.

(6) Temporarily allow pharmacies to issue up to a 90 day supply of maintenance medications necessary to respond to or prevent the spread of  COVID-19.

(7) Waive the requirement to have a home health agency license to provide localized treatment in temporary residences.

(8) Waive certain administrative filing requirements for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

(9) Temporarily waive the requirement that certain facility and professional licenses be renewed.  The renewal dates are extended by 90 days from the date of the EO.

(10) Waive relevant requirements so that pharmacists may process computer-based prescriptions for medications at locations other than the pharmacy site, including the pharmacist’s home.

(11) Waive the licensing requirements for persons with specified degrees working as medical lab technicians in a licensed lab under the supervision of a licensed medical director, but only to the extent of providing care to COVID-19 patients.

(12) Allow clinical labs to operate at sites other than certified sites, but only for the purpose of processing COVID-19 tests.

(13) Declares there is an abnormal economic disruption, and therefore prohibits price gouging on medical supplies, emergency supplies, or consumer food items.

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