Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order Providing Civil Immunity For Health Care Providers
HARRISBURG (KDKA) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed an executive order that grants health care practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions intended to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The order supplements the state's disaster declaration which suspends some regulations and regulatory statutes that will in turn help supplement the health care workforce. This includes the ability to deploy retirees and out-of-state health care workers, expanding certain health care practices, and calling upon providers to go above and beyond their usual call of business.
"As the COVID-19 pandemic has required the Wolf Administration to take broad action to respond to and prepare for Pennsylvanians' critical health care needs, so too has it required our health care providers to broaden their professional responsibilities and experiences like never before," Gov. Wolf said in a statement. "This Executive Order to Enhance Protections for Health Care Professionals serves to protect the individuals serving on the front lines of the disaster response."
In the order: