{"id":"DUT-MA-032","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel)","authority":"G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; G.L. c. 111, s. 6 (advisory issued alongside COVID-19 Order No. 13)","instrument":"DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file)","title":"Department of Public Health stay-at-home and safer-at-home advisories","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-24","end":"Safer at Home Advisory from May 18, 2020; nightly advisory Nov. 6, 2020 to Jan. 25, 2021","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-05-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["STAY","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally (advisory)"],"clause":"","enforcement":"None of its own","functions":[],"notes":"The Department advised residents to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel and activities; recorded as a recommendation. Its legal effect on businesses came from the instruments that bound them the same day: Order No. 13\u0027s closure of non-essential premises and its incorporation of the DPH Guidance for essential operators (\u0027shall\u0027), and the standing statutes.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-charles-d-baker-orders-all-non-essential-businesses-to-cease-in-person-operation-directs-the-department-of-public-health-to-issue-stay-at-home-advisory-for-two-weeks","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"recommendation_only","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-032","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel), DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file) (Ex. DUT-MA-032)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}