standing order
noun
: an instruction or prescribed procedure in force permanently or until changed or canceled
especially : any of the rules for the guidance and government of parliamentary procedure which endure through successive sessions until vacated or repealed
Example Sentences
She placed a standing order for fresh flowers every week. They were on standing orders never to leave the prisoner unattended.
Recent Examples on the Web For instance, the physician general of Pennsylvania has issued a statewide standing order for naloxone, which grants Pennsylvania residents who are addicted to opioids (in addition to their family members and friends) access to the medication. 
Maggie O'neill, SELF, 25 Aug. 2022 So the Intelligence Committee wouldn't know whether the president had a standing order? CBS News, 21 Aug. 2022 Trump had a standing order to declassify anything that went into his personal residence! Matt Ford, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2022 Most places wait for a standing order from a physician before rolling out the vaccine, Julianne Nesbit, health commissioner at Clermont County Public Health, said. Abby Miller, The Enquirer, 21 June 2022 The standing order does not mean that naloxone is free at pharmacies. Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022 In 2017 — the same year the federal government declared the opioid epidemic a public health threat — Michigan enacted a standing order allowing pharmacies to distribute naloxone without a prescription. Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022 Will there be enough justification for this to be a standing order? Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022 The state has a standing order for Narcan, which means it can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription. Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2022 See More
Maggie O'neill, SELF, 25 Aug. 2022 So the Intelligence Committee wouldn't know whether the president had a standing order? CBS News, 21 Aug. 2022 Trump had a standing order to declassify anything that went into his personal residence! Matt Ford, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2022 Most places wait for a standing order from a physician before rolling out the vaccine, Julianne Nesbit, health commissioner at Clermont County Public Health, said. Abby Miller, The Enquirer, 21 June 2022 The standing order does not mean that naloxone is free at pharmacies. Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022 In 2017 — the same year the federal government declared the opioid epidemic a public health threat — Michigan enacted a standing order allowing pharmacies to distribute naloxone without a prescription. Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022 Will there be enough justification for this to be a standing order? Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2022 The state has a standing order for Narcan, which means it can be purchased at pharmacies without a prescription. Freep.com, 21 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1702, in the meaning defined above