Governor Tom Wolf signed an executive order to afford healthcare practitioners protection against liability for good faith actions taken in response to the call to supplement the healthcare provider workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the course of the pandemic and the disaster declaration associated with it, the Wolf Administration has used its authority under the declaration to suspend a significant number of regulations and regulatory statutes to supplement the healthcare workforce, including facilitating the deployment of retirees and out-of-state healthcare professionals, expanding scope of practices and relaxing supervision requirements for numerous healthcare licensees, bringing in healthcare professionals who have not previously maintained liability coverage, and calling upon healthcare providers to perform acts they would not perform in the ordinary course of business.
