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District Health Officer's determination refusing to allow gatherings or events of more than 250 persons in Washoe County for 30 days

Health District Won't Allow Large Events of Over 250 Due to Lack of Adequate Health Infrastructure

District Health Officer Kevin Dick, Washoe County Health District · Washoe County, Nevada (Washoe County Health District) (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Washoe County, Nevada (Washoe County Health District) · Las Vegas and Reno · Nevada
Level
County
Authority
Governor's Directive 033 (Sept. 30, 2020) section requiring local health authority review and confirmation of Large Gathering plans; NRS 439 (district health officer's duties 'under State statute')
Issued
2020-10-08 Oct. 8, 2020
Effective
2020-10-08
End
Thirty days (to about Nov. 7, 2020), then overtaken by the 50-person cap of Nov. 5, 2020 (MET-LAS-033) (read as 2020-11-07)
In force
Oct. 8, 2020 to Nov. 7, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Gathering capEvents and venues
Addressees
  • organizers of gatherings and events above 250 persons in Washoe County (venues, conventions, sports, worship, festivals)
Functions reached
  • GATH/EVT every event above 250 (Reno Events Center, Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Nevada Wolf Pack, Hot August Nights-type events)
  • MC meetings and conventions
  • WS large worship gatherings
Collection
Las Vegas and Reno MET-LAS

Operative words

The Washoe County Health District will not allow large gatherings or events with more than 250 people in Washoe County for 30 days due to the lack of adequate health infrastructure as a result of elevated community-wide COVID-19 disease transmission. The Health District lacks capacity to review COVID-19 Large Gathering Safety & Preparedness Plans per the Governor's Directive 033 as well as maintain rapid COVID-19 disease investigation and contact tracing. All public gatherings of up to 250 people remain allowable under directive 033.... 'I cannot in good conscience allow gatherings of more than 250 to take place until we have been able to assess how the newly-allowed gatherings of up to 250 people affect disease transmission rates and contact tracing efforts in Washoe County,' District Health Officer Kevin Dick said.... Pursuant to Governor's Directive 033, plans for large gatherings and events must be reviewed by the local health authority for confirmation that they comply with all applicable health and safety standards and will not place an unacceptable burden on the local health infrastructure.

Enforcement

Withholding of the local health authority approval that Directive 033 made a condition of any gathering above 250

Notes

A county health officer exercising an express veto that the State directive gave him; the county was 'one of only two counties flagged for elevated disease transmission in Nevada'

Retrieval note

Release text read in full (the Health District's own statement of its determination).