The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Colo. Const. art. IV, § 2; C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704
- Issued
- 2020-04-26 Apr. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-27
- End
- May 26, 2020; amended and extended by D 2020 079 (May 25, Ex. CO-064) to June 1, 2020; superseded by D 2020 091 Safer at Home and in the Vast, Great Outdoors (June 1, 2020, Ex. CO-028) (read as 2020-05-26)
- In force
- Apr. 27, 2020 to May 26, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all Coloradans
- Vulnerable Individuals
- all employers
- Critical and Non-Critical Businesses
- CDPHE
- CDHE
- Functions reached
- OF office (50 percent from May 4)
- SF sales floor (curbside Apr. 27; 50 percent May 1)
- SL personal services (May 1)
- GATH
- TR travel
- WF (Vulnerable Individuals stay home; employers must accommodate child-care responsibilities)
- MK
- Collection
- Colorado CO
Operative words
H. I direct the Executive Director of CDPHE to issue a new or amended PHO... [that] must: 1. Advise Coloradans to wear non-medical cloth face coverings... 2. Order Coloradans to limit: i. Social interactions to the greatest extent possible... ii. Essential Travel to within their county of residence or employment as much as possible and recreational travel to no further than ten (10) miles from their residence. 3. Prohibit public gatherings of ten (10) persons or more in both public spaces and private commercial venues. 4. Strongly encourage all Critical Businesses, Critical Government Functions, Non-Critical Retail, and Non-Critical Commercial Businesses to allow workers to telecommute whenever possible. 5. Require all [of them] to make work accommodations for Vulnerable Individuals, who remain subject to Stay at Home requirements
Enforcement
PHO 20-28 penalties (C.R.S. § 25-1-114); CCRD and CDPHE anti-discrimination direction; 'Employers must provide reasonable accommodation and are prohibited from discriminating against employees who are showing symptoms of COVID-19'
Notes
P-12 in-person instruction remained suspended to year end; postsecondary in-person only for programs that 'cannot be taught remotely'; 'Vulnerable Individuals cannot be compelled to perform in-person work'