{"id":"ND-033","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte, North Dakota Department of Health","authority":"N.D.C.C. § 23-01-05(12); N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-05-02","instrument":"State Health Officer Order 2020-07","title":"COVID-19 declared a \u0027post-mortem communicable disease\u0027; N.D. Admin. Code ch. 33-05-02 applies to every death diagnosed as or suspected to be COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-04-26","effective":"2020-04-26; \u0027effective until revocation by the State Health Officer\u0027","end":"No revocation located; statewide State Health Officer orders were limited to the declared emergency by HB 1118 (Apr. 22, 2021); emergency ended Apr. 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-04-26","endDate":"2021-04-22","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["funeral practitioners","persons handling decedents"],"clause":"For purposes of the application of North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 33-05-02, 2019-nCoV/COVID-19 is hereby declared a \u0027post-mortem communicable disease.\u0027 North Dakota Administrative Code chapter 33-05-02 shall be applied in all situations where a person who dies has been diagnosed with, or is suspected as having, 2019-nCoV/COVID-19.","enforcement":"Infraction, N.D.C.C. § 23-07-21(1)","functions":["FH funeral homes (handling, embalming and disposition protocols)","EMP"],"notes":"Funeral homes: the State compelled the communicable-disease handling regime for every COVID-19 death.","sourceUrl":"https://www.health.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Files/MSS/coronavirus/4_26_2020_SHO_order_Post_Mortem_COVID.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200922113432/https://www.health.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/Files/MSS/coronavirus/4_26_2020_SHO_order_Post_Mortem_COVID.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":887017,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ND","url":"/library/ND-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-033","citation":"State Health Officer Mylynn Tufte, North Dakota Department of Health, State Health Officer Order 2020-07 (Apr. 26, 2020) (Ex. ND-033)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["DUT-ND-011","ND-029","ND-031","ND-026","ND-022","ND-014"]}