The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Alaska
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Public Health Disaster Emergency Declaration of Mar. 11, 2020 under AS 26.23.020 (recited); AS 26.23.020(b) and (g)(7) (DUT-AK-002)
- Issued
- 2020-05-05 May 5, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-28 5:00 p.m. (with Health Mandate 011) (read as 2020-03-28)
- End
- Closure and distancing conditions ended with Mandate 016 Phase III/IV, May 22, 2020 (Ex. AK-098 to AK-100); the plan-submission requirement for arriving and off-road workforces carried into Outbreak Health Order No. 5, Nov. 16, 2020 to Feb. 14, 2021 (Ex. AK-037) (read as 2020-05-22)
- In force
- Mar. 28, 2020 to May 22, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- all businesses within Alaska ('any for-profit, non-profit, or educational entities'); exempted critical-infrastructure businesses; businesses with travelling workforces
- Character
- order operating condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: Alaska DUT-AK
Operative words
Businesses exempted from Section I are strongly encouraged to remain in operation. Such businesses shall, to the extent reasonably feasible, comply with social distancing requirements by maintaining six-foot social distancing for both employees and members of the public, including, but not limited to, when any customers are standing in line.
Penalty
Sec. V: 'A violation of a State COVID-19 Health Mandate may subject a business or organization to an order to cease operations and/or a civil fine of up to $1,000 per violation'; prosecution for reckless endangerment under AS 11.41.250 (class A misdemeanor; one year, AS 12.55.135; $25,000 for a person, $500,000 or $2,500,000 for a business organization, AS 12.55.035)
What it required
Continued operation of every exempted (critical-infrastructure) business was conditioned on compliance with the Social Distancing Requirements of sec. III (six feet, handwashing, covering coughs, 'regularly cleaning high-touch surfaces, and not shaking hands') by the verb 'shall, to the extent reasonably feasible'; businesses with workers travelling from out of State or between communities 'must submit a plan or protocol outlining procedures for avoiding the spread of COVID-19' (sec. II.c); sec. IV 'incorporates guidance' from CISA's Mar. 19, 2020 memorandum and from Treasury and Defense for the definition of the exempted workforce; sec. V recites the penalty.
Retrieval noteVerbs recorded exactly: 'strongly encouraged to remain in operation' (the election to stay open); 'shall, to the extent reasonably feasible, comply' (the condition on staying open); 'must submit' (plans); 'incorporates guidance' (CISA definition). The same penalty recital appears in Mandate 016 (Ex. AK-085) and Mandate 017 (Ex. AK-019 sec. b-c).