The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ind. Code ch. 10-14-3; Ind. Code ch. 16-19-3; IOSHA authority
- Issued
- 2020-09-24 Sept. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-09-26 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-09-26)
- End
- 2020-10-17 11:59 p.m.; extended by EO 20-46 through 11:59 p.m. Nov. 14, 2020; rescinded by EO 20-48 (read as 2020-10-17)
- In force
- Sept. 26, 2020 to Oct. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every individual in Indiana
- all businesses and entities
- restaurants, bars, taverns and nightclubs
- organizers of events over 500
- K-12 schools
- Functions reached
- DR (seated; six feet)
- BA (seated)
- MK events (500 plan)
- MC conventions
- EMP (plan)
- MASK all customer-facing functions
- IN instruction (masks)
- CB
- Collection
- Indiana IN
Operative words
During Stage 5, every individual within the State of Indiana shall wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when: i) inside a business, a public building, or other indoor place open to the public... All businesses and entities continuing operations or resuming full operations are required to develop a plan to implement measures and institute safeguards... The business plan must be provided to each employee or staff and posted publicly.... Previously issued capacity limits for restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs and other establishments providing in-person food and/or drink service are rescinded and are replaced with the following requirements: i) all patrons must remain seated while consuming food and/or drink or when otherwise remaining on the premises; and ii) seating must be arranged and maintained so that individuals, households, or parties are spaced at least six feet apart from any other individual, household or party.... [gatherings or events] where the total attendance is expected to exceed 500 individuals, must submit an event plan to local health officials before proceeding.... Plans must be submitted at least 14 days in advance of the event.
Enforcement
¶ 7: IOSHA; ISDH, local boards of health, other officials and law enforcement; cease, closure, revocation-referral and prosecutor-referral steps
Notes
Stage 5 rescinded EOs 20-08, -09, -18, -22, -26, -28, -29, -32, -35, -36, -37, -39 and -42 and re-enacted the mask mandate within itself; introduced the county color-coded assessment; State-building appointment-only rule not carried forward.
Retrieval noteTen pages; OCR read in full.