The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Act 23-247; COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (eff. Apr. 7, 2020); D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-04-15 Apr. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-17 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-04-17)
- End
- 2020-05-15 (extended by MO 2020-066); congregate-facility protocols carried forward by MO 2020-075 sec. XIII (read as 2020-05-15)
- In force
- Apr. 17, 2020 to May 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- the public
- nursing homes and assisted living facilities
- community residence and intermediate care facilities
- shelters
- psychiatric hospitals
- hotels
- food sellers
- taxis and ride-share companies
- employers of direct-support workers
- Functions reached
- VS visitation excluded at every congregate facility
- DN communal dining and group activities cancelled
- IC screening and temperature checks of all staff
- HR direct-support workers designated essential health care providers
- WF masks for hotel, food and transport employees
- CB stay-at-home continued
- Collection
- District of Columbia DC
Operative words
Individuals living, working, and visiting Washington, DC must continue to stay at their place of residence, only leaving for essential activities, essential government functions, essential business, essential travel or allowable recreation.... Residences and facilities specified in section II must... Exclude all Visitors and Non-Essential Personnel... Cancel all group activities at the facility or residence... Restrict all seating in communal dining areas... By this Order, the public emergency and public health emergency... are further extended through May 15, 2020.... [New MO 2020-053 sec. III.4:] Food Sellers, Hotels, Taxis, Ride-sharing companies, and other private transportation providers must require employees and independent contractors to wear gloves and cloth or surgical masks
Enforcement
D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties including civil fines or summary suspension or revocation of licenses (sec. IX); 311 reporting
Notes
The District's nursing-home and assisted-living lockdown order; amends the stay-at-home order to cover visitors and workers; extends medical marijuana card validity
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