Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Order 2020-61 which relaxes scope practice laws to give hospitals and other health care facilities flexibility needed to deploy qualified physicians, respiratory therapists, physician assistants, nurses, and other health care – which provides the ability to give critical care needed to combat COVID-19. Whitmer added the order also reinforces an existing law that protects hospitals and health care workers from liability for taking necessary steps to protect Michiganders during an emergency.
