{"id":"DUT-VA-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ralph S. Northam (Office of the Governor), with the Virginia Department of Health","authority":"Office of the Governor, Forward Virginia Phase One Business Sector Guidelines (May 8, 2020), incorporated by reference in Exec. Order 61 (2020)","instrument":"Forward Virginia (Safer at Home: Phase One), Guidelines for All Business Sectors and sector-specific guidelines (restaurants and beverage services, farmers markets, brick-and-mortar retail, fitness and exercise facilities, personal care and grooming, campgrounds, and others)","title":"Safer at Home: Phase One, Guidelines for All Business Sectors (Virginia Forward Phase One Business Sector Guidelines)","dateIssued":"2020-05-08","effective":"2020-05-15 (with EO 61; Northern Virginia, Richmond and Accomack from May 29, 2020)","end":"Superseded by the Phase Two guidelines with EO 65 (June 5, 2020) and the Phase Three guidelines with EO 67 (July 1, 2020) (Ex. DUT-VA-015)","startDate":"2020-05-15","endDate":"2020-06-05","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["COND","CAP","EMP","MASK","GATH"],"addressees":["specified businesses (restaurants and beverage services, farmers markets, non-essential brick-and-mortar retail, fitness and exercise facilities, personal care and grooming, campgrounds, racetracks); employers generally through the all-sector guidelines"],"clause":"Establishments must either implement the following mandatory requirements or close. Mandatory Requirements: Businesses must strictly adhere to the physical distancing guidelines, enhanced cleaning and disinfection practices, and enhanced workplace safety practices provided in the \u0027Guidelines for All Business Sectors\u0027 document.","enforcement":"Through EO 61/PHE Three: willful violation a Class 1 misdemeanor under section 32.1-27; injunction; enforcement by VDH and \u0027any agency with regulatory authority over a business\u0027 (Ex. VA-010); the guidelines\u0027 own sanction is closure (\u0027or close\u0027)","functions":[],"notes":"Two registers, recorded as the text has them. The \u0027Guidelines for All Business Sectors\u0027 are captioned \u0027Best Practices\u0027 and speak in \u0027should\u0027 and \u0027encourage\u0027 (\u0027Encourage telework whenever possible\u0027; \u0027employers should screen employees prior to starting work\u0027; \u0027Where possible, employees and customers should utilize face coverings\u0027). Each sector section then converts the whole into a condition of operating: \u0027Establishments must either implement the following mandatory requirements or close,\u0027 and the first mandatory requirement is that \u0027Businesses must strictly adhere to\u0027 the all-sector physical distancing, cleaning and workplace safety practices, followed by sector rules in \u0027must\u0027 (50 percent occupancy; six feet between parties; employees in customer areas \u0027are required to wear face coverings\u0027; bar seating \u0027must be closed\u0027; tabletops \u0027must be disinfected between patrons\u0027). EO 61 made operation of each sector conditional on compliance with these guidelines \u0027expressly incorporated by reference herein\u0027 (Ex. VA-010).","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/Virginia-Forward-Phase-One-Business-Sector-Guidelines.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200509222915/https://www.governor.virginia.gov/media/governorvirginiagov/governor-of-virginia/pdf/Virginia-Forward-Phase-One-Business-Sector-Guidelines.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":254440,"grade":"primary","character":"guidance_incorporated","description":"","collection":"DUT-VA","url":"/library/DUT-VA-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VA-014","citation":"Governor Ralph S. Northam (Office of the Governor), with the Virginia Department of Health, Forward Virginia (Safer at Home: Phase One), Guidelines for All Business Sectors and sector-specific guidelines (restaurants and beverage services, farmers markets, brick-and-mortar retail, fitness and exercise facilities, personal care and grooming, campgrounds, and others) (May 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-VA-014)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["DUT-VA-015","VA-010"]}