It is also designed to allow CTC educators the flexibility necessary to assist these students in obtaining all the required education hours prior to their planned graduation date. Act 77 of 2021,October 7, 2021), Medical Doctors and the number of institutions with which they can be affiliated:This waiver suspends the institutional-license requirements that limit qualified medical doctors to practice at no more than two affiliated facilities.Expired: May23,2022(nowAct 16 of 2022,April 19, 2022), Out-of-State Health Care Practitioners:This waiver allows for the issuance of expedited temporary licenses to practitioners in other states to provide services to Pennsylvanians. With Omicrons Rise, Americans Brace for Returning to School Rising covid cases again shut down If you have questions about the vaccination process in Pennsylvania, call the Pennsylvania Department of Health hotline at 1-877-724-3258. Smaller carriers, like Boost, Cricket, Straight Talk, and Lifeline, use the networks of the bigger carriers. The CDC bases that characterization on a review of new hospital admissions and inpatient beds occupied due to COVID-19, and new cases over seven days. Please note: the following portions of this waiver already expired, effective September 15, 2021: (1) the requirement for the English language proficiency testing requirements for RNs and LPNs, (2) the required 1,500 hours of education for PN licensure, (4) the need for board approval for CRNA graduates to practice, and (5) the requirement to demonstrate educational equivalency for CNSs. Studies show boosters further keep you from experiencing serious illness from COVID. But not knowing when classes might resume made the uncertainty of the situation unsettling. 142 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<45372C0E5C8C18428C41D679ED45AEDA>]/Index[119 53]/Info 118 0 R/Length 112/Prev 561881/Root 120 0 R/Size 172/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Programs in other surrounding counties continue to accept applications. Pharmacists delegating authority to administer COVID-19 Vaccinations: This waiver allows pharmacists to delegate the authority to administer COVID-19 vaccines to other licensed health care practitioners whose scope of practice includes the administration of injectable vaccines, or who have otherwise been authorized or made eligible to administer COVID-19 vaccinations by way of federal or state government action including but not limited to the PREP Act Declaration and its amendments. It is also designed to allow CTC educators the flexibility necessary to assist these students in obtaining all the required education hours prior to their planned graduation date.Expired:October 31,2022(Act 55 of 2022extended the pilot program for three additional years), State Board of Nursing Licensees:This waiver allows CRNPs to collaborate with other physicians without signed collaborative agreements and with physicians from other states. On Wednesday, New York University announced that a "considerable acceleration" in new COVID-19 cases in the area would effectively shutter its campus before winter break begins on December 22.
