{"id":"MD-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor","authority":"Interpretive guidance on Order 20-03-23-01","instrument":"Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020): businesses that may remain open under Order 20-03-23-01","title":"Interpretive Guidance Number COVID19-04, Re: Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland, Number 20-03-23-01, dated March 23, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23","end":"Superseded by later OLC guidance (COVID19-05 to -14) and by the reopening orders","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","TELE"],"addressees":["all businesses"],"clause":"1. Not a Shelter-in-Place Order. The Order is not a shelter-in-place order. However, all Marylanders are urged to remain home, and employers are urged to promote work-from-home arrangements to the greatest extent possible. 2. Businesses, Organizations, and Facilities That May Remain Open. The following is a non-exhaustive list of businesses, organizations, and facilities that are included in the federal critical infrastructure sectors. The Order does not require these businesses, organizations, and facilities to close.... Please note: Casinos, racetracks, simulcast betting facilities, enclosed malls, certain recreational establishments, and certain retail businesses are subject to specific provisions of this and other Orders, and are required to close.","enforcement":"Interpretive; the Order\u0027s penalty applies","functions":["all sectors: defines who closed and who stayed open","OF telework urged"],"notes":"Lists the sectors deemed critical: chemical; commercial facilities (lodging, building maintenance trades, janitorial, home improvement supply, laundromats and dry cleaners, construction, self-storage); communications; critical manufacturing; defense; emergency services; energy; financial services (banks, lenders, payroll, insurance, securities, accounting); food and agriculture; government facilities (lawyers, court reporters, bail bondsmen); healthcare (hospitals, clinics, physicians, dentists, therapists, behavioral health, labs, payors, funeral homes, senior living, home health, pharmacies); IT; transportation (airlines, railroads, motor carriers, marine, courier, warehousing, auto supply and repair); water; and \u0027Supporting Firms\u0027 (staffing/payroll; essential raw materials)","sourceUrl":"https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OLC-Interpretive-Guidance-COVID19-04.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200323174037/https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OLC-Interpretive-Guidance-COVID19-04.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":459414,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-006","citation":"Office of Legal Counsel, Office of the Governor, Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020): businesses that may remain open under Order 20-03-23-01 (Ex. MD-006)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-005"]}