The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Arkansas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-101 et seq.; 12-75-107
- Issued
- 2021-02-26 Feb. 26, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-02-26
- End
- 2021-03-31 11:59 p.m.; renewed by EO 21-07 (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Feb. 26, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses and gatherings
- Department of Health
- Functions reached
- EMP (guidance)
- MASK to Mar. 31
- Collection
- Arkansas AR
Operative words
the public health and disaster emergency... shall continue until March 31, 2021. The emergency shall expire at 11:59pm on March 31, 2021, unless it is renewed... (3) Executive Order 20-43, regarding the issuance of a face covering directive by the Arkansas Department of Health and the Secretary of Health's, 'Face Coverings Directive', effective July 20, 2020, shall remain in place; however, prior to March 31, 2021, the Governor, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, will determine whether the 'Face Coverings Directive' should be converted to a public health guideline... (4) The Secretary of Health shall convert all other COVID-19 directives in effect as of the date of this order to COVID-19 guidelines. (5) All persons participating in public and private gatherings... are encouraged to adhere to applicable guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health. (6) All businesses, manufacturers, construction companies, long-term care facilities, medical and dental providers, and community and school-sponsored team sports are encouraged to adhere to applicable guidelines issued by the Secretary of Health. (7) K-12 schools and extracurricular activities are encouraged to adhere to the applicable guidelines
Enforcement
Face-covering directive enforceable to Mar. 31, 2021 (misdemeanor under 20-7-101); other directives converted to guidelines; par. (2) preserves the Secretary's isolation and quarantine orders and the bar on more restrictive local measures; compliance with guidelines remained the condition of EO 20-33 immunity
Notes
The instrument that ended the general business, capacity, venue and gathering directives on Feb. 26, 2021 and fixed the mask mandate's last day at Mar. 31, 2021; recites that 'Over 500,000 Americans, including over 5,000 Arkansans, have died' and that 'All fifty (50) states continue to either maintain a state of emergency or measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19'; incorporates EO 20-05, 20-06/20-16, 20-14, 20-15, 20-18, 20-52, 20-22, 20-35, 20-33.
Retrieval noteScanned PDF; four pages read by OCR of the exhibit.