{"id":"SC-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Henry McMaster","authority":"S.C. Const. art. IV, § 17; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-410 to -440, 25-1-440 (Emergency Management), 44-4-100 et seq. (Emergency Health Powers Act)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-08","title":"State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (immediately), fifteen days","end":"2020-03-28 (superseded by EO 2020-15; chain renewed to June 6-7, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","HC","SCH"],"addressees":["DHEC","nursing homes and assisted living facilities","public schools in Kershaw and Lancaster Counties","correctional institutions","commercial carriers"],"clause":"I hereby declare that a State of Emergency exists in South Carolina.... DHEC is immediately vested with those emergency powers set forth in the Emergency Health Powers Act... I further direct DHEC to restrict visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, with the exception of end-of-life situations, as DHEC deems necessary and appropriate.... I hereby order the closure of all public schools, to include state-supported colleges, universities, and technical colleges, in the following counties: Kershaw and Lancaster, beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, which shall remain closed for a period of fourteen (14) days","enforcement":"S.C. Code §§ 1-3-430, 1-3-440 (enforcement \u0027by use of all appropriate available means\u0027; injunction, mandamus); § 39-5-145 price-gouging prohibitions activated (§ 7)","functions":["VS visitation (nursing homes, assisted living, prisons)","WF workforce (school closures in two counties)","CB residents and admissions of long-term care"],"notes":"Predicate for every later order; § 8 extended commercial-vehicle hours-of-service waivers (EO 2020-07) to COVID-19 response and essential goods.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.sc.gov/sites/governor/files/Documents/Executive-Orders/2020-03-13%20FINAL%20Executive%20Order%20No.%202020-08%20-%20State%20of%20Emergency%20Due%20to%20Coronavirus.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":92528,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-001","citation":"Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-001)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["DUT-SC-002","DUT-SC-005","DUT-SC-019","SC-037","SC-039","SC-002","SC-003","SC-004","SC-005","SC-006","SC-007","SC-008"]}