Ducey extends medical licenses, key to virus emergency end
Associated PressPHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation that will prevent temporary medical licenses issued under his coronavirus executive orders from immediately becoming invalid if he ends the state of emergency he issued two years ago. Friday’s action extends temporary licenses issued since the Republican governor first declared a state of emergency on March 11, 2020. He told Phoenix television station Fox10 that the state is “wide open” and he was working with the Legislature to “wind down a number of things that are purely administrative.” On Friday, the governor praised doctors, nurses and other health professionals who have been on the front line of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic while announcing the signing of the licensing extension and 16 other bills. “Whether they just graduated with their health care degrees, returned to the workforce or came from another state, these caretakers and everyday heroes stepped up.” He said extending the temporary licenses means people can keep their jobs and hospitals and other health care facilities can keep their staff.
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