{"id":"DUT-RI-018","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State of Rhode Island, Reopening RI (the Governor\u0027s reopening program, published with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Department of Business Regulation at ReopeningRI.com, the site the executive orders directed businesses to consult)","authority":"Executive Order 20-32 ¶¶ 9, 15 (Ex. RI-017); 216-RICR-50-15-7 § 7.4(A)(1) (\u0027applicable guidance issued by the Department\u0027) (Ex. RI-069); Executive Orders 20-24 and 20-30 (Ex. RI-015, RI-016)","instrument":"Phase I: General Business/Organization Guidelines","title":"Phase I: General Business/Organization Guidelines (Reopening RI)","dateIssued":"2020-05-13","effective":"2020-05-13 (Phase I ran from May 9, 2020; COVID-19 Control Plan template due May 18, 2020 \u0027in order to continue operations\u0027)","end":"2020-06-01 (superseded by the Phase II guidelines, Ex. DUT-RI-020)","startDate":"2020-05-13","endDate":"2020-06-01","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["COND","CAP","GATH","MASK","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers; all businesses and organizations eligible to operate in Phase I"],"clause":"Businesses and organizations that re-open under Phase I must comply with these RIDOH regulations before re-opening, and businesses and organizations that are currently open (as of 5/6/2020) must comply with these measures within one week of their promulgation.... All businesses and organizations currently operating must complete the COVID-19 Control Plan template by May 18 in order to continue operations.","enforcement":"through the instruments it restates: 216-RICR-50-15-7 § 7.6 civil penalties and § 7.5 closure (Ex. RI-069); § 23-1-25 (Ex. DUT-RI-014); § 30-15-21 (Ex. DUT-RI-010)","functions":[],"notes":"The State\u0027s general business guidance told every business and organization that continued operation depended on a written COVID-19 Control Plan meeting RIDOH\u0027s regulations, that \u0027Businesses and organizations must comply with the RIDOH regulations... and active executive orders,\u0027 that \u0027At a minimum, businesses and organizations must screen employees and visitors,\u0027 that \u0027Employers must provide appropriate face coverings to their employees,\u0027 and that persons with symptoms \u0027must be denied entrance\u0027; the guidelines themselves are \u0027general guidance that should be considered the minimum\u0027 (recommended character for the guidance, mandatory for the regulation-derived requirements it restates), and the CDC\u0027s cleaning practices are stated as \u0027The CDC recommends.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.reopeningri.com/resource_pdfs/RI-General_business_organization_guidance-05.13.20.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200603101950/https://www.reopeningri.com/resource_pdfs/RI-General_business_organization_guidance-05.13.20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":306809,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-RI","url":"/library/DUT-RI-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-RI-018","citation":"State of Rhode Island, Reopening RI (the Governor\u0027s reopening program, published with the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Department of Business Regulation at ReopeningRI.com, the site the executive orders directed businesses to consult), Phase I: General Business/Organization Guidelines (May 13, 2020) (Ex. DUT-RI-018)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["DUT-RI-020","RI-019","RI-021","RI-043","RI-069","DUT-RI-014","DUT-RI-010"]}