{"id":"IA-035","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Kim Reynolds","authority":"Iowa Code §§ 29C.6(1), (6), 135.140(6), 135.144(3)","instrument":"Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (mask, distancing, gathering and surgery mandates ended; extension to March 7, 2021)","title":"Proclamation ending the statewide mask requirement, the employer remote-work directive, the gathering and establishment mandates and the elective-surgery restrictions effective February 7, 2021, replacing them with \u0027strongly encourage\u0027 language, while continuing the dental-guidelines order, the health-facility staff screening order, the in-person-instruction directives and the health-care regulatory suspensions to March 7, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-02-05","effective":"12:01 a.m. February 7, 2021","end":"11:59 p.m. March 7, 2021 (continued by IA-036 and successors)","startDate":"2021-02-07","endDate":"2021-03-07","quarters":["2021Q1"],"types":["EMER","HC","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all businesses and employers (encouraged)","gathering organizers (encouraged)","dentists (ordered)","hospitals, nursing facilities, ICFs, RCFs, hospices and assisted living programs (ordered)","schools"],"clause":"EMPLOYEE AND PUBLIC PROTECTION. SECTION TWO.... effective at 12:01 a.m. on February 7, 2021, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on March 7, 2021: A. I strongly encourage that all businesses or other employers remaining open with in-person operations take reasonable measures under the circumstances of each establishment to ensure the health of employees, patrons, and members of the public, including social distancing practices, increased hygiene practices, and other public health measures to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 consistent with guidance issued by the Iowa Department of Public Health. B. This section shall not be a basis for closing or taking other enforcement action against a business or other employer absent an additional specific order or directive of the Iowa Department of Public Health. GATHERINGS. SECTION THREE.... I strongly encourage that a gathering organizer or host take reasonable measures... DENTAL SERVICES. SECTION FOUR.... I continue to order that until this disaster proclamation expires: A. A dentist and his or her dental staff may resume providing any dental services if the dentist complies with the following requirements: (1) All dental services are provided in compliance with the Guidelines for the Safe Transition Back to Practice adopted by the Iowa Dental Board on November 13, 2020.... B. The performance of any dental procedures except in compliance with paragraph A continue to be prohibited. C. This order shall be enforced by Iowa Dental Board investigators... MANDATORY SCREENING OF HEALTH FACILITY STAFF. SECTION FIVE.... I continue to order all hospitals, nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, residential care facilities, hospice programs, and assisted living programs to screen all staff at the beginning of their shift for symptoms of COVID-19 and take any preventative measures based on that screening... IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AT SCHOOLS. SECTION SIX.... I continue to direct that all state agencies, school districts, and other local governmental bodies and agencies shall take all efforts to continue to safely provide in-person educational instruction throughout the school year.... \u0027shall now expire on March 7, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.\u0027","enforcement":"Dental order enforced by Dental Board investigators with peace-officer powers; screening order under Iowa Code § 135.144(3); the employer and gathering sections are hortatory and expressly \u0027shall not be a basis for closing or taking other enforcement action\u0027","functions":["CH/PR dental services only under mandatory Board guidelines","IC staff screening at every health facility","IN in-person instruction directive","OF/EMP/GATH mandates ended (encouragement only)"],"notes":"The instrument that ended Iowa\u0027s general business restrictions. Its headings omit USE OF MASKS OR FACE COVERINGS INDOORS, NONESSENTIAL OR ELECTIVE SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES and REOPENING OF BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHMENTS, which appear in IA-034; those orders therefore ended at 11:59 p.m. February 6, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Health%20Proclamation%20-%202021.02.05.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210207/https://governor.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Public%20Health%20Proclamation%20-%202021.02.05.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3134933,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-035","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-035","citation":"Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (mask, distancing, gathering and surgery mandates ended; extension to March 7, 2021) (Feb. 5, 2021) (Ex. IA-035)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["IA-036","DUT-IA-016","IA-011","IA-030","IA-034","DUT-IA-002","DUT-IA-005","SEC-08-GM-019","SEC-11-GM-037","SEC-11-GM-043","SEC-11-GM-048","SEC-16-GM-006"]}