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Mayor's Order 2020-081

Requirement to Self-Quarantine After Non-Essential Travel During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Mayor Muriel Bowser · District of Columbia (State)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Act 23-328; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
Issued
2020-07-24 July 24, 2020
Effective
2020-07-27 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-07-27)
End
'through October 9, 2020, or until the date to which the state of emergency is extended, whichever is later'; superseded by Mayor's Order 2020-110 effective Nov. 9, 2020 (read as 2020-10-09)
In force
July 27, 2020 to Oct. 9, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all residents and persons traveling to or from high-risk areas
  • businesses, employers, universities and residential buildings (may require affirmation of compliance)
Functions reached
  • TV inbound business and leisure travel from most States
  • LG hotel guests under quarantine
  • MC conventions and meetings
  • WF employees returning from travel
  • CB visitors
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

All residents and persons traveling to or from "high-risk areas" within the prior fourteen (14) days for non-essential travel must self-quarantine for fourteen (14) days following their return or arrival to the District.... "high-risk areas" are locations where the seven (7)-day moving average daily new COVID-19 case rate is ten (10) or more per one hundred thousand (100,000) persons. These locations will be identified by the Department of Health beginning on July 27, 2020 and will be posted and updated every two (2) weeks on coronavirus.dc.gov. Maryland and Virginia are exempt.

Enforcement

Businesses and other employers, universities, apartments, condominiums, and cooperatives may require employees, students, clients, customers, guests, visitors, or other persons to affirm compliance with this Order before allowing entry or providing services; Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act penalties reserved (sec. VI)

Notes

Essential travel defined by reference to MO 2020-054 plus any trip of less than twenty-four hours; the high-risk list at times covered more than thirty States

Retrieval note

The District published this order as a web page rather than a PDF; the exhibit reproduces the full order text from the Wayback Machine capture of Aug. 16, 2020 (rendered with Word after headless Edge failed). Mayor's Order 2020-103 sec. I.4 recites that this order 'instituted requirements in Phase Two... to self-quarantine after non-essential travel' and that they 'remain in effect'.