{"id":"MET-BOS-001","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Boston (Suffolk County), Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves","authority":"M.G.L. c. 111, s. 30; Boston Public Health Act of 1995, M.G.L. c. 111 App. ss. 2-6; M.G.L. c. 111, s. 181","instrument":"Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston","title":"Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"2020-03-15","end":"Initial term to April 27, 2020; extended April 24, 2020 \u0027until rescinded by the Interim Executive Director\u0027 (Ex. MET-BOS-002); recited as remaining \u0027in full force and effect\u0027 on Dec. 14, 2020, Aug. 20, 2021 and Aug. 31, 2021 (Ex. 010, 013, 040)","startDate":"2020-03-15","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","HC"],"addressees":["Boston Public Health Commission","all healthcare partners within the City of Boston"],"clause":"THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DELCARED THAT A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON.... 1. The Interim Executive Director... shall immediately implement any and all measures and recommendations for the prevention and control of COVID-19 as circumstances may require.... 5. All healthcare partners within the City of Boston will be expected to communicate current response activities and situational awareness to BPHC\u0027s Medical Intelligence Center (MIC)... This declaration shall be in full force and effect as of the 15th day of March, 2020 and shall remain in effect until April 27, 2020, unless circumstances warrant an extension by the Interim Executive Director.","enforcement":"Predicate for every subsequent BPHC order; isolation and quarantine powers under the Commonwealth\u0027s laws and BPHC\u0027s Isolation and Quarantine Regulation of 2003 (para. 4)","functions":["predicate for all Boston BPHC orders","IC hospital and health-care reporting to the MIC"],"notes":"Recites as its threshold the closing of a Boston Public School, \u0027closing of a major hospitality business due to multiple positive cases\u0027 and \u0027positive cases related to a large corporate event\u0027. Scanned PDF (no text layer); read from rendered pages.","sourceUrl":"https://www.bphc.org/onlinenewsroom/Documents/Declaration%20of%20Public%20Health%20Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200316003107/https://www.bphc.org/onlinenewsroom/Documents/Declaration%20of%20Public%20Health%20Emergency.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":998454,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-001","citation":"Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-001)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MET-BOS-002","SEC-06-GM-041","SEC-17-GM-091","SEC-17-GM-094","SEC-25-GM-008","SEC-25-GM-039","SEC-25-GM-070"]}