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Renewed PHE Means Renewed Regulatory Flexibilities

Published on Fri Oct 09, 2020

To no one’s surprise, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has renewed the public health emergency declaration for COVID-19, effective Oct. 23. He had previously renewed the PHE on April 21 and July 23. Impact: “This means that the current rules and guidelines … that were relaxed during the PHE will remain in effect through most of January,” points [...]
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