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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Attention Emergency and IP Providers,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Effective Monday December 8, 2025:
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The <b>
Legal Status 9.39 (Emergency) Order</b> [LEG16] has been updated to remove required fields from the admission order. The legal status information is now documented by electronically completing the 9.39 Legal Status form (OMH 474) in the new
<b>Legals Activity</b>. See an overview of the change <b><span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://www.upstate.edu/training/intra/epic/documents/legal_staus_order_9_39_and_legals_activity_upstate_epic_system_update_bulletin.pdf"><span style="color:#0070C0">Legal
Status Order 9.39 and Legals Activity Upstate Epic System Update Bulletin</span></a>.</span></b><span style="color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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