{"id":"MD-039","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.","authority":"Md. Code, Pub. Safety Title 14","instrument":"Order of the Governor No. 20-04-05-02, Delegating Authority to Local Health Officials to Control and Close Unsafe Facilities","title":"Delegating Authority to Local Health Officials to Control and Close Unsafe Facilities","dateIssued":"2020-04-05","effective":"2020-04-05","end":"Rescinded effective 12:01 a.m. May 15, 2021 (21-05-14-01 para. IV.b, MD-030)","startDate":"2020-04-05","endDate":"2021-05-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["county health officers and the Baltimore City Commissioner of Health","any business, organization, establishment, facility or construction site"],"clause":"II. Delegation of Authority to County Health Officers. If an Authorized Health Official determines that a business, organization, establishment, facility, or construction site in his/her political subdivision (an \u0022Unsafe Facility\u0022) is unable or unwilling to operate in a manner that does not pose an unreasonable risk of exacerbating the spread of COVID-19 (including, without limitation, as a result of non-compliance with Social Distancing Guidance), the Authorized Health Official is hereby authorized and directed to issue such orders as may be necessary to: a. require the Unsafe Facility to modify its operations to comply with Social Distancing Guidance; or b. designate all or part of the Unsafe Facility as a zone in which the occupancy and use of buildings may be controlled, and prohibit or limit the movement of individuals and/or vehicles into, in, or from the Unsafe Facility, including without limitation, by closing the Unsafe Facility. III. Effect on Stay-at-Home Order. Orders issued by an Authorized Health Official pursuant to paragraph II above shall be binding upon and enforceable against the Unsafe Facility, even if the Unsafe Facility would otherwise be permitted to remain open (to any degree) under the Order... Number 20-03-30-01...","enforcement":"IV.a. Each law enforcement officer of the State or a political subdivision shall execute and enforce this Order, and any order issued by a county health officer pursuant to paragraph II above. IV.b. A person who knowingly and willfully violates this Order, or any order issued by a county health officer pursuant to paragraph II above, is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both","functions":["JS construction sites","PF WH production and warehouse","SF","OF","all workplaces (distancing compliance under closure threat)"],"notes":"The instrument under which county health officers closed or modified individual workplaces for thirteen months; the Governor\u0027s Mar. 9, 2021 order kept these orders binding after the para. I.d Local Orders became void","sourceUrl":"https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Delegation-to-County-Health-Officials-4.5.20.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200406004756/https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Delegation-to-County-Health-Officials-4.5.20.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":338594,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-039","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-039","citation":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor No. 20-04-05-02, Delegating Authority to Local Health Officials to Control and Close Unsafe Facilities (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. MD-039)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-030","DUT-MD-002","DUT-MD-005","DUT-MD-006","DUT-MD-008","DUT-MD-014","MD-007","MD-034","MD-005","MD-008","MD-004","MD-036"]}