{"id":"WV-063","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jim Justice","authority":"W. Va. Code 15-5-6","instrument":"Executive Order 12-21","title":"Formal termination of EO 9-20 and sixty-odd companion orders effective April 20, 2021; enumeration of orders remaining in effect; face-covering exception for active physical activity; Red-county travel-sports prohibition continued","dateIssued":"2021-04-19","effective":"Terminations effective 12:01 a.m. Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 4-20 and 57-20 effective 12:01 a.m. June 1, 2021); remainder immediate","end":"Paragraph 2 orders remained in force until terminated by subsequent order; the Face Covering Order it amended ended June 20, 2021 (EO 20-21)","startDate":"2021-04-20","endDate":"2021-06-20","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EVT","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["all individuals","hospitals and health-care facilities","nursing homes","travel sports teams and leagues","State boards and agencies"],"clause":"1. The following executive orders issued to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic... are hereby... formally terminated and of no further effect...: Executive Order 2-20, Executive Order 3-20, Executive Order 4-20, Executive Order 5-20, Executive Order 6-20, Executive Order 8-20, Executive Order 9-20, Executive Order 12-20, Executive Order 14-20, Executive Order 15-20, Executive Order 16-20, Executive Order 18-20, Executive Order 20-20,... Executive Order 32-20,... Executive Order 50-20, Executive Order 51-20, Executive Order 52-20,... Executive Order 61-20,... Executive Order 68-20,... Executive Order 8-21, and Executive Order 9-21; provided that the termination of each executive order listed above... shall be effective as of 12:01 AM on April 20, 2021, and that the termination of Executive Order 4-20 and Executive Order 57-20 shall be effective as of 12:01 AM on June 1, 2021. 2. The following executive orders shall remain in effect until terminated by subsequent executive order: a. Executive Order 7-20 (suspending regulatory provisions); b. Executive Order 10-20; c. Executive Order 11-20; d. Executive Order 13-20 (relating to tax filing dates); e. Executive Order 17-20; f. Executive Order 19-20; g. Executive Order 26-20; h. Executive Order 28-20 (providing for a plan to be in place at hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers regarding capacity in the event of any adverse change in public health conditions or surge in COVID-19); i. Executive Order 30-20 (providing for health care facilities to have adequate and appropriate personal protective equipment and to be prepared to contribute as necessary in the event of any adverse change in public health conditions or surge in COVID-19 cases); j. Executive Order 31-20; k. Executive Order 54-20; l. Executive Order 63-20; m. Executive Order 66-20; n. Executive Order 72-20; o. Executive Order 73-20; p. Executive Order 77-20 (mandating masks be worn by individuals aged 9 and over, with certain exceptions, when in confined, indoor public spaces); q. Executive Order 79-20 (relating to testing at nursing homes); r. Executive Order 82-20 (establishing the COVID-19 Joint Interagency Task Force for vaccination efforts in this State); s. Executive Order 83-20; t. Executive Order 10-21 (relating to in-person instruction in the schools of this State); and u. Executive Order 11-21 (relating to unemployment benefits).... 5. Executive Order 77-20 is hereby amended by the addition of one further exception... by further excepting persons from wearing face coverings when actively engaged in physical activity where the wearing of such face covering would substantially hinder one\u0027s ability to engage in such activity... 6. As previously provided in Executive Order 8-21, travel sports teams and travel leagues remain prohibited from bringing players or spectators together in a county that is in the \u0027Red\u0027 color category on the County Alert System, as COVID-19 case rates may change each county\u0027s color category from time to time.","enforcement":"Orders in paragraph 2 retain their own enforcement provisions","functions":["fixes the end date of the general business restrictions (Apr. 20, 2021)","MASK continued","IP surge plans continued (hospitals)","IC staff testing continued (nursing homes)","SP travel sports (Red counties) continued","IN schools"],"notes":"Recital: \u0027West Virginia\u0027s public health experts have advised and recommended against, however, the termination of certain executive orders..., including, among others, executive orders mandating that plans and policies be put in place to ensure hospital and other health care center capacity to respond in the event of adverse changes in public health conditions or surge in COVID-19 cases, mandating that individuals aged 9 and over... wear an adequate face covering when in confined, indoor public spaces..., and prohibiting travel sports teams and travel leagues from bringing players or spectators together in a county that is in the Red color category.\u0027 The instrument that defines the Q3 2021 inventory.","sourceUrl":"https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/executivejournal/readpdf.aspx?DocID=90906","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":529411,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-063","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-063","citation":"Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 12-21 (Apr. 19, 2021) (Ex. WV-063)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["DUT-WV-017","DUT-WV-018","DUT-WV-019","DUT-WV-020","WV-064","WV-065","WV-061","WV-062","WV-060","WV-058","WV-059","WV-066"]}