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Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020): businesses that may remain open under Order 20-03-23-01

Interpretive Guidance Number COVID19-04, Re: Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland, Number 20-03-23-01, dated March 23, 2020

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Jurisdiction
Maryland
Level
State
Authority
Interpretive guidance on Order 20-03-23-01
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23
End
Superseded by later OLC guidance (COVID19-05 to -14) and by the reopening orders (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTelework mandate
Addressees
  • all businesses
Functions reached
  • all sectors: defines who closed and who stayed open
  • OF telework urged
Collection
Maryland MD

Operative words

1. Not a Shelter-in-Place Order. The Order is not a shelter-in-place order. However, all Marylanders are urged to remain home, and employers are urged to promote work-from-home arrangements to the greatest extent possible. 2. Businesses, Organizations, and Facilities That May Remain Open. The following is a non-exhaustive list of businesses, organizations, and facilities that are included in the federal critical infrastructure sectors. The Order does not require these businesses, organizations, and facilities to close.... Please note: Casinos, racetracks, simulcast betting facilities, enclosed malls, certain recreational establishments, and certain retail businesses are subject to specific provisions of this and other Orders, and are required to close.

Enforcement

Interpretive; the Order's penalty applies

Notes

Lists the sectors deemed critical: chemical; commercial facilities (lodging, building maintenance trades, janitorial, home improvement supply, laundromats and dry cleaners, construction, self-storage); communications; critical manufacturing; defense; emergency services; energy; financial services (banks, lenders, payroll, insurance, securities, accounting); food and agriculture; government facilities (lawyers, court reporters, bail bondsmen); healthcare (hospitals, clinics, physicians, dentists, therapists, behavioral health, labs, payors, funeral homes, senior living, home health, pharmacies); IT; transportation (airlines, railroads, motor carriers, marine, courier, warehousing, auto supply and repair); water; and 'Supporting Firms' (staffing/payroll; essential raw materials)

Retrieval note

Text PDF; the Maryland 'essential' list, cited only as the premise of the conditions imposed, never as an exemption.