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Ex. MI-050 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253: Gathering Prohibition and Face Covering Order

Emergency Order re-imposing statewide gathering limits, face coverings, venue capacity and bar rules after the Supreme Court decision

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon) · Michigan (State)

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Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
Public Health Code, MCL 333.2253; MCL 333.2261; MCL 333.2262
Issued
2020-10-05 Oct. 5, 2020
Effective
2020-10-05
End
2020-10-09 (replaced by the October 9, 2020 order, itself rescinded by the October 29, 2020 order) (read as 2020-10-09)
In force
Oct. 5, 2020 to Oct. 9, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all persons
  • all businesses and venues
  • food service establishments
Functions reached
  • GATH events (10 indoor residential; 500 fixed-seating at 20 percent; 20 per 1,000 sq ft)
  • MASK entry-denial duty
  • BA indoor bar service
  • PE venues
  • OP office (workplace gatherings deferred to MIOSHA)
Collection
Michigan MI

Enforcement

MCL 333.2261 (misdemeanor: up to 6 months or $200); MCL 333.2262 civil fine up to $1,000 per violation per day (as recited in the October 29, 2020 order)

Notes

Carried the architecture of EO 2020-176 and 2020-183 into the Public Health Code layer three days after the Supreme Court decision; expressly re-imposed face coverings and gathering caps.

Retrieval note

Existence, title and date confirmed from the State's archived document index and from the October 29, 2020 order's rescission clause referring to the October 9 order that replaced it.

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