{"id":"MT-043","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Yellowstone County (Billings), Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone (RiverStone Health)","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. Title 50, ch. 2, part 1; 50-2-118 (local health officer \u0027shall take steps to limit contact between people... including but not limited to ordering the closure of buildings or facilities where people congregate and cancelling events\u0027)","instrument":"Order of Health Officer (closing bars, brew pubs, wineries and casinos; food service to takeout and delivery)","title":"Order of Health Officer, March 16, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16 4:00 p.m. (body also recites 8 a.m. Tuesday March 17, 2020)","end":"2020-03-23 midnight \u0027pending further notification\u0027; amended Mar. 20 (MT-044) and overtaken by the Governor\u0027s Mar. 20 and Mar. 24 Directives","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-03-23","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","ALC","EVT"],"addressees":["all bars, brew pubs, wineries and casinos in Yellowstone County","all food service operations"],"clause":"All bars, brew pubs, wineries, and casinos in Yellowstone County shall be closed. All food service operations, subject to the exceptions below, in Yellowstone County shall be closed except: While remaining closed to dine-in customers, food service operations may continue to provide for take-out and delivery services. Food service establishments that serve a population that depends on it as one of its sole sources of food, such a university dining facility or cafeterias in hospital and care facilities, may continue to operate using necessary-only personnel. This order is effective at 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2020 through Monday, March 23, 2020 at midnight pending further notification.","enforcement":"Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118(5) (health officer to \u0027pursue action with the appropriate court\u0027); 50-2-123 compliance orders; 50-2-124 misdemeanor penalties","functions":["DR dining room","BA bar and alcohol service","AM casinos","TO takeout (permitted)","CB"],"notes":"Issued four days before the Governor\u0027s statewide closure; recites the Governor\u0027s Mar. 15 recommendation against gatherings of more than 50","sourceUrl":"https://covid.riverstonehealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/MAR-16_-2020_Health-Officer-Order-Closing-Restaurants_Bars_and-Casinos.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":860806,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-043","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-043","citation":"John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone (RiverStone Health), Order of Health Officer (closing bars, brew pubs, wineries and casinos; food service to takeout and delivery) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MT-043)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-044","DUT-MT-005"]}