TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Dec 4, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee issued Executive Order 68 today, allowing National Guard members to be mobilized as nurses, COVID-19 testers or ambulance drivers so long as they have the “appropriate training or skills” and the assignment is approved by the Guard and the state Health Commission. The order comes as the COVID-19 outbreak threatens to overwhelm Tennessee’s health care infrastructure, the Tennessean reports. The order also suspends some regulations to allow health care facilities more flexibility to treat the coming surge. One such change allows nursing homes and home health agencies to expand their capacity to deal with the pandemic without having to prove to a government board that the action is necessary.

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