The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. 38-3-51(c)(4), (d)(1); 31-2A-4; 31-12-4
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 12:00 P.M. (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- 2020-04-03 6:00 P.M. (rescinded and replaced by EO 04.02.20.01; stated expiry 12:00 P.M. Apr. 6, 2020) (read as 2020-04-03)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all businesses, establishments, corporations, non-profit corporations and organizations
- bars
- the medically fragile
- nursing-home residents
- Department of Public Health
- Functions reached
- BA bar service closed
- GATH every business's assemblies of more than ten
- CB customer base (medically fragile confined)
- WF workforce (sheltered workers)
- RS long-term care residents
- MK events
- Collection
- Georgia GA
Operative words
That all businesses which possess a license to operate as or otherwise meet the definition of "Bar" as defined by Code Section 3-1-2(2.1) shall cease operation while this Order is in effect.... That no business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization shall allow more than ten (10) persons to be gathered at a single location if such gathering requires persons to stand or to be seated within six (6) feet of any other person.... That the Department of Public Health shall order certain persons within the State of Georgia who have serious underlying conditions... to isolate, quarantine, or shelter in place within their homes or place of residence. This order by the Department of Public Health shall include... (1) Those persons who live in a nursing home or long-term care facility; (2) Those persons who have chronic lung disease; (3) Those persons who are currently undergoing cancer treatment; and (4) Those persons included in Department of Public Health Administrative Order 03.22.20.01.
Enforcement
That the Department of Public Health is authorized to mandate the closure of any business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization not in compliance with this order; Commissioner of Public Safety to assist
Notes
Public information campaign directed businesses toward curbside pick-up, home delivery, limiting persons in the place of business; references DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (Ex. GA-066).