The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Dallas County, Texas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 418.108(g)
- Issued
- 2020-08-04 Aug. 4, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-04 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-08-04)
- End
- 'continuing concurrently with the Governor Abbott's disaster proclamation unless rescinded, suspended, or amended' (no rescission located; in force through 2021Q3) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainOther
- Addressees
- households with a positive case
- laboratories
- employers
- sellers of essential goods
- carriers and stores (delivery hours)
- nursing homes and LTCFs
- schools and colleges
- Functions reached
- WF household isolation
- HR return-to-work rules
- VS LTCF visitation
- SCH
- SC delivery hours
- CB
- Collection
- Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW
Operative words
c. Employers shall not implement any rules making a negative COVID-19 test or a note from a healthcare provider a requirement before a COVID-19 recovered employee can return to work... f. If someone in a household has tested positive for coronavirus, the household is ordered to isolate at home. Members of the household cannot go to work, school, or any other community function... g. Nursing homes, retirement, and long-term care facilities are instructed by this Order to prohibit non-essential visitors... h. Public and private schools and institutions of higher education are instructed by this Order to provide a safety plan to Dallas County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management 72 hours before students return to a classroom setting.
Enforcement
Misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000
Notes
Also: CARES Act payments exempt from garnishment; daily laboratory reporting; price limits pegged to Mar. 16, 2020 prices; suspension of delivery-hour restrictions for food, medicine and medical supplies for 60 days