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Emergency Order of the Sedgwick County Local Health Officer (stay at home)

Emergency Public Health Order directing individuals to stay at home and non-essential businesses to cease activities at their places of business

Sedgwick County Local Health Officer (Garold Minns, M.D.) · Sedgwick County, Kansas (Wichita) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Sedgwick County, Kansas (Wichita) · Kansas
Level
County
Authority
K.S.A. 65-119; Sedgwick County Charter Resolution No. 58; K.S.A. 65-202
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-25 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-25)
End
Superseded by EO 20-16 from 12:01 a.m. Mar. 30, 2020 (EO 20-16 para. 5); original term through Apr. 23, 2020 (read as 2020-03-30)
In force
Mar. 25, 2020 to Mar. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
Addressees
  • all individuals in Sedgwick County
  • all businesses and operations
Functions reached
  • CB customer base confined to home
  • SF premises closed to non-essential business
  • OP offices (work from home)
  • WF workforce
  • GATH
Collection
Kansas KS

Operative words

B. For purposes of this Order, individuals are directed to stay at home and leave their residence only to perform any of the following 'Essential Activities' as described below. All businesses and operations in Sedgwick County, except Essential Businesses as defined below, are required to cease all activities at their places of business, although such businesses may also continue operations consisting exclusively of employees or contractors performing activities from their own residences (i.e., working from home).... vii. To work for or obtain services at any 'Healthcare Operations' location including hospitals, clinics, dentists, pharmacies... 'Healthcare Operations' does not include activities at fitness and exercise gyms and similar facilities

Enforcement

K.S.A. 65-119, 65-129 (misdemeanor); Sedgwick County Charter Resolution No. 58.

Notes

Wichita metropolitan area (Sedgwick County pop. approx. 520,000). Modeled on the Kansas City-area CORE 4 orders.

Retrieval note

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