{"id":"AL-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Kay Ivey","authority":"Ala. Code §§ 31-9-1 et seq.","instrument":"Fifth Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)","title":"Health care providers and facilities (licensure, supervision, capacity); remote notarization by all notaries; public meetings and hearings; remote shareholder meetings; jails","dateIssued":"2020-04-02","effective":"2020-04-02; notarization section 2020-04-03","end":"for the duration of the emergency (to July 6, 2021)","startDate":"2020-04-02","endDate":"2021-07-06","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["licensed health care facilities and practitioners","State licensing boards","notaries","governmental bodies","corporations"],"clause":"Because person-to-person contact increases the risk of transmitting COVID-19, I find that it would promote the safety and protection of the civilian population to adopt measures that reduce the necessity of in-person meetings. To that end: A. Notaries appointed in Alabama may notarize signatures through videoconferencing programs... D. The provisions of this section shall take effect tomorrow, April 3, 2020.... any meeting or public hearing of an [agency]... may be postponed","enforcement":"Ala. Code § 31-9-13; conflicting State law suspended","functions":["CL closings and notarization","CT public hearings and permitting","HR credentialing (emergency licensure)","IP surge capacity"],"notes":"Real estate, financial services, professional services, hospitals.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/soe-covid19-040220.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":846160,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-012","citation":"Governor Kay Ivey, Fifth Supplemental State of Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AL-012)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-014","AL-010","AL-068","AL-097","AL-067","AL-004","AL-001","AL-018","AL-019","AL-022"]}