New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 9 - Executive Orders (Kathy Hochul) › Section 9.77 - Executive Order No. 77: Continuing the Declaration of a Statewide Disaster Emergency due the Ongoing Spread of the Monkeypox Virus in the State of New York

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, the monkeypox virus has been declared a Public
					 Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization as
					 of July 23, 2022;
WHEREAS, due to the ongoing spread of the monkeypox virus
					 and the significant risk that this virus poses to human health, the monkeypox
					 virus has been declared an Imminent Threat to Public Health by the New York
					 State Commissioner of Health as of July 28, 2022;
WHEREAS, as of September 27, 2022, there are 3857 cases of
					 monkeypox reported in New York State;
WHEREAS, local health departments are actively responding
					 to the monkeypox outbreak through investigation support, contact identification
					 and monitoring, vaccine administration for exposed contacts and focused current
					 high-risk populations, and education and outreach;
WHEREAS, the New York State government must support the
					 municipalities, localities, and counties in their efforts to facilitate and
					 administer vaccinations and tests for monkeypox, and to prevent the disease
					 from continuing to spread;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Kathy Hochul, Governor of the State of
					 New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the New York State
					 Constitution and the laws of the State of New York, do hereby extend the state
					 disaster emergency as set forth in Executive Order 20, and continue the terms,
					 conditions, and suspensions contained in Executive Order 20, through October
					 27, 2022, provided however, that the following modifications will take
					 effect:
* The temporary modification of Subdivision 2 of section 6801  of the Education Law and 63.9 of Title 8 of the NYCRR, contained in
					 Executive Order 20, insofar as such modification authorized pharmacists to
					 administer vaccinations against monkeypox pursuant to a non-patient specific
					 order, is modified to the extent necessary to allow pharmacists to also
					 administer vaccinations against monkeypox pursuant to a patient specific order;
					 and
* The temporary modification of Subdivision 6 of section 6527  of the Education Law, subdivision 4 of section 6909 of the Public Health
					 Law, and section 64.7 of Title 8 of the NYCRR, contained in Executive Order 20,
					 insofar as such modification authorized physicians and certified nurse
					 practitioners to issue a non-patient specific regimen to persons authorized by
					 law or by this executive order to administer vaccinations against monkeypox, is
					 modified to the extent necessary to allow physicians and certified nurse
					 practitioners to also issue patient specific orders to licensed pharmacists for
					 administration of immunizations to prevent monkeypox.
GIVEN under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State in the
					 City of Albany this twenty-seventh day of September in the year two thousand
					 twenty-two.
Signed: Kathy Hochul
Dated: September 27, 2022