The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. 38-3-51(c)(4), (d)(1), (i), (j); 31-2A-4(9); 38-3-7
- Issued
- 2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-20 upon signature (personal-care and fitness reopening Apr. 24, 2020) (read as 2020-04-20)
- End
- conclusion of the PHE (July 1, 2021), as superseded in part by later Empowering orders (read as 2021-07-01)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to July 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- medical, dental, orthodontic, optometry, physical therapy practices, ambulatory surgical centers, elective surgeons, health care institutions
- gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, hair designers, massage therapists
- all businesses (gathering rule)
- county boards of health
- Functions reached
- SL salons and barbers (reopened under conditions)
- FC gyms and bowling (reopened under conditions)
- PR elective procedures (practices that had ceased told to resume under CDC and CMS guidelines)
- OF telework and virtual meetings as mandatory measures
- GATH ten-person cap
- HR EMS workers as auxiliary emergency workers
- Collection
- Georgia GA
Operative words
That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that have elected to cease operations because of the spread of COVID-19 should begin treating patients as soon as practicable in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines, and the provisions of this Order... That all gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios..., businesses registered pursuant to Code Sections 43-10-11 and 43-10-18, estheticians..., hair designers..., and persons licensed to practice massage therapy... may begin in-person Minimum Basic Operations on Friday, April 24, 2020. All such businesses shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19. Such measures shall include: [twenty enumerated measures, including] 8. Implementing teleworking for all possible workers; 9. Implementing staggered shifts for all possible workers; 10. Holding all meetings and conferences virtually, wherever possible... 16. Enforcing social distancing of non-cohabitating persons... 20. Increasing physical space between workers' worksites to at least six (6) feet.
Enforcement
Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any county or municipal order 'more or less restrictive than this Order' suspended
Notes
Adopted CISA Guidance version 3.0 (Apr. 17, 2020) as Critical Infrastructure; the ten-person gathering rule continued 'consistent with previous Executive Orders'.
Retrieval noteSeven pages read in full by OCR.