Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Riverside-San Bernardino
  3. MET-RIV-010

Ex. MET-RIV-010 Order Primary source read

Amended Order of the Health Officer of the County of Riverside Closing All K-12 Public, Private and Charter Schools from March 16, 2020 through June 19, 2020

Amended Order... Closing All K-12 Public, Private and Charter Schools from March 16, 2020 through June 19, 2020

Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (approved as to form by County Counsel) · Riverside County, California (County)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
Riverside County, California · Riverside-San Bernardino · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code 101030, 101040, 101085, 120175, 120175.5(b); 17 C.C.R. 2501; Cal. Const. art. XI; Gov. Code 8610, 8630, 8634, 8665; Riverside County Code 442 and 533.6
Issued
2020-05-09 May 9, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 through 2020-06-19 (read as 2020-03-16)
End
2020-06-19
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 19, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child care
Addressees
  • all K-12 public, private and charter schools
  • daycare and childcare facilities
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (K-12 closed through June 19; child care stable groups of 12)
  • IN in-person instruction
  • EC child care
  • FS school food service
Collection
Riverside-San Bernardino MET-RIV

Operative words

1. All K-12 public, private and charter schools within the jurisdiction of the Public Health Officer of the County of Riverside are closed beginning March 16, 2020 and shall remain closed through June 19, 2020 inclusive, pending further order of the Public Health Officer. This order supersedes the prior orders of March 17 and April 1, 2020.... 4. Daycare and childcare facilities shall operate under the following mandatory conditions: A. Childcare must be carried out in stable groups of 12 or fewer...

Enforcement

Fine, imprisonment, or both (Penal Code 19; Gov. Code 8665 and 25132; Health & Safety Code 120295; County Ordinances 533 and 556); civil penalties of up to $1,000 per violation per day, injunctive relief, attorneys' fees (Gov. Code 8665)

Notes

Recites EO N-60-20 (May 4, 2020) and the State Public Health Officer's Order of May 7, 2020; releases community colleges, colleges and universities from the County closure.