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Ex. DUT-NE-033 Standing duty Confirmed from a secondary source

Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved)

Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009: the first statewide order and its compliance command

Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D. · Nebraska (statewide) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Nebraska (statewide) · Nebraska
Level
State
Authority
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-502 and 81-601; 173 NAC 6 (recited)
Issued
2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-04-03 (effective immediately); schools statewide to May 31, 2020 (read as 2020-04-03)
End
Superseded by Orders 2020-010 and 2020-011 (April 2020) and the Phase I district orders of Apr. 30, 2020 (read as 2020-04-30)
In force
Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOperating condition
Addressees
  • persons generally; specified businesses; health care providers; schools
Character
order operating condition
Collection
Standing duties: Nebraska DUT-NE

Operative words

Gatherings are hereby prohibited... Elective medical and dental surgeries and elective medical and dental procedures are hereby prohibited... All schools; public, private and parochial: are hereby ordered to cease all in-person instruction... Failure to comply with this Order will result in legal action for enforcement by civil and/or criminal remedies.

Penalty

'legal action for enforcement by civil and/or criminal remedies'; law enforcement and local health personnel required to aid enforcement under 173 NAC 6 and § 71-502

What it required

Statewide prohibition of gatherings over ten patrons or customers, dine-in service, elective medical and dental procedures, and in-person instruction; household quarantine on a positive case; the same enforcement formula as every later DHM.

Retrieval note

The enforcement formula is identical, word for word, to the text read in Ex. NE-013, NE-021 and NE-026.