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On May 6, Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order to afford health care practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the call to supplement the health…

On May 4, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following updates based on guidance released by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on May 3, 2020,…

The Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following alert on May 4, 2020: Summary In order to perform testing for SARS-CoV-2, a laboratory must have CLIA certification. Currently, only molecular…

The Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following guidelines on April 30, 2020: Summary The following specimens are acceptable to submit for COVID-19 testing: A nasophyaryngeal (NP) specimen, An oropharyngeal…

PCMS, PAMED and several other medical organizations and societies signed a letter regarding medical liability immunity during the COVID-19 pandemic, which was sent to Governor Wolf on April 22, 2020:…

On April 21, 2020, the Pennsylvania Department of Health released the following COVID-19 update: Summary: Decisions about return to work for HCP with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 should be made…