The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. 31-2A-4; 31-12-4
- Issued
- 2020-12-04 Dec. 4, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-04
- End
- stated to run to 30 days after the end of the Public Health State of Emergency (i.e., about July 31, 2021) per the secondary source (read as 2021-07-31)
- In force
- Dec. 4, 2020 to July 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons in Georgia who test positive for or are exposed to COVID-19
- employers, schools and facilities applying DPH quarantine rules
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (mandatory isolation and quarantine periods)
- SCH school quarantines
- IC health-care infection control
- Collection
- Georgia GA
Operative words
Isolation requirements for COVID-19-positive individuals; quarantine guidelines for potentially exposed individuals; effective 30 days following Public Health State of Emergency end; violations constitute misdemeanor offense (Husch Blackwell summary, Dec. 4, 2020 entry)
Enforcement
Misdemeanor (per the secondary source; O.C.G.A. 31-5-8 and 31-12-4)
Notes
The force-of-law source of Georgia's isolation and quarantine periods through the PHE and into July 2021; the ten amendments show DPH re-issued the order roughly monthly from March 2020.
Retrieval noteHusch Blackwell Georgia state-by-state tracker; primary text not read; end date as described there.