The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Executive Order D 2020 044; C.R.S. §§ 25-1.5-101(1)(a), 25-1.5-102(1)(a)(I)
- Issued
- 2020-04-26 Apr. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-27
- End
- Amended ten times; superseded by PHO 20-35 (Sept. 15, 2020, Ex. CO-033); the workplace-measures section carried forward into PHO 20-35 and PHO 20-36 (read as 2020-09-15)
- In force
- Apr. 27, 2020 to Sept. 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- all individuals
- Critical Businesses
- Non-Critical Retail
- Non-Critical Office-Based Businesses
- Personal Services
- Field Services
- places of public accommodation under PHO 20-22
- Functions reached
- OF office 50 percent
- SF sales floor 50 percent
- CU curbside
- SL personal services ten or 50 percent, appointment only, masked customers
- DL field services
- GATH ten
- WF Vulnerable Individuals
- EMP screening, distancing, cleaning, signage
- Collection
- Standing duties: Colorado DUT-CO
Operative words
C. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside [a residence in excess of ten are prohibited]... Critical Business and Critical Government Functions shall continue to promote telecommuting to the greatest extent possible.... D. All Non-Critical Retail... may operate and offer [goods through delivery service, window service, walk-up service, drive-through service, drive-up service, curbside delivery]... G. Effective May 1, 2020, Non-Critical Retail and limited Personal Services may [open]... H. Effective May 4, 2020, Non-Critical Office-Based Businesses operating in an [office setting]... Appendix C: 'Effective May 4, 2020, Non-Critical Office-based Businesses may resume at fifty percent (50%) of their in-office occupancy if the business can demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this Order'... Appendix A: 'Effective May 1, 2020, Non-Critical Retail may open at fifty percent (50%) capacity'
Enforcement
'Failure to comply with this order could result in penalties, including jail time, and fines, and may also be subject to [license action]' (C.R.S. § 25-1-114)
Notes
Restaurants, bars, gyms, theaters and casinos under PHO 20-22 remained closed to in-person service; personal services 'may only be performed with 10 or fewer people in a single location at a maximum of 50% occupancy'; employers over fifty employees per location must implement additional protocols
Retrieval noteMandatory verbs: 'shall take all of the following measures', 'shall implement the following measures regarding customers', 'must implement the following measures' (retail), 'Non-Critical Retailers must implement the requirements in Section II.I'. Recommendation verbs, recorded as such: 'All individuals currently living within the State of Colorado are encouraged to stay at home'; 'Individuals are encouraged to limit travel to Necessary Travel'; 'Employers are encouraged to provide reasonable work accommodations'. Continuation clause: businesses listed in Appendix F 'must continue to comply with the guidance and directives'. The workplace-measures list reappears verbatim in PHO 20-36 § II.C.3 (Ex. CO-036) under the same 'in accord with the CDPHE Guidance' formula.