{"id":"NE-008","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska (all 93 counties)","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska DHHS, Gary Anthone, M.D., Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health","authority":"Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-502 and 81-601; 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6","instrument":"Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009","title":"Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide)","dateIssued":"2020-04-03","effective":"2020-04-03 (effective immediately); Cass, Douglas, Sarpy to Apr. 30; fifteen eastern counties to May 6; all other counties to May 11, 2020; schools statewide to May 31, 2020","end":"Superseded by Orders 2020-010 and 2020-011 (April 2020) and the Phase I district orders of Apr. 30, 2020","startDate":"2020-04-03","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","CLOSE","ALC","HC","QUAR","SCH","EVT"],"addressees":["all persons in Nebraska","all public, private and parochial schools","hospitals, physicians and dentists","restaurants, bars, taverns, private clubs","venues"],"clause":"1. Gatherings are hereby prohibited; A gathering is defined as any event or convening that brings together more than ten (10) patrons, customers or other invitees, excluding staff, in a single room or single space at the same time... 2.... Elective medical and dental surgeries and elective medical and dental procedures are hereby prohibited. For the purposes of this Order, this means a surgery or procedure that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical or dental emergency.... II. The following Directed Health Measures are hereby ordered for ALL counties statewide effectively immediately and continuing until May 31, 2020... 1. All schools; public, private and parochial: are hereby ordered to cease all in-person instruction, and all extra-curricular activities except for: remote learning, child care services, meal distribution, distribution of educational materials and supplies, general building or physical plant operations and maintenance, and residential services may be continued as needed or necessary.","enforcement":"\u0027Failure to comply with this Order will result in legal action for enforcement by civil and/or criminal remedies. In the event of noncompliance with the terms of this Order, law enforcement and other Municipal and Local Public Health Department personnel will be required to aid the Department in enforcement of the Order, pursuant to 173 NAC 6 and NEB. REV. STAT. § 71-502.\u0027","functions":["WF (schools closed; household quarantine)","IN","DR","BA","GATH","SX","PR elective dental and medical procedures","CH chairside dental care","CB"],"notes":"\u0027This order supersedes previous Directed Health Measure Orders 2020-001... 2020-008... provided, this Order does not supersede the provisions of any Directed Health Measure(s) issued by Local Health Departments, except that the Directed Health Measures contained in this order are binding and enforceable regardless of any Directed Health Measure(s) issued by Local Health Departments.\u0027 Household quarantine of 14 days for positives, symptomatic persons and their households.","sourceUrl":"http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/COVID-19-DHM-STATEWIDE.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200405044410/http://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/COVID-19-DHM-STATEWIDE.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":608743,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NE","url":"/library/NE-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NE-008","citation":"Nebraska DHHS, Gary Anthone, M.D., Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health, Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. NE-008)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["SEC-25-GM-010","SEC-25-GM-011","SEC-25-GM-012","NE-103","NE-104","NE-002","NE-010"]}