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Executive Order 1492

Safe Return Order

Governor Tate Reeves · Mississippi (State)

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Jurisdiction
Mississippi
Level
State
Authority
Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
Issued
2020-05-28 May 28, 2020
Effective
2020-06-01 08:00 (read as 2020-06-01)
End
2020-06-15 08:00 as issued; extended by EO 1496 (June 29), 1500, 1505 (July 20), 1508 (Aug. 3), 1514 (Aug. 17), 1518 (Aug. 31), 1520 (Sept. 14), 1522 (Sept. 30, 5:00 p.m.); repealed by EO 1525 (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
June 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • vulnerable individuals
  • all businesses and non-profit entities
  • retail
  • restaurants and bars
  • salons and personal care
  • gyms
  • libraries, museums, theaters
  • health care professionals and facilities
  • hospitals and long-term care facilities
  • outdoor and indoor recreation
Functions reached
  • GATH
  • SF retail 50 percent
  • DR dining 50 percent
  • BA bars 50 percent, 10:00 p.m.
  • SL salons
  • FC gyms
  • PE theaters
  • SX elective procedures conditioned
  • VS visitation barred
  • OF telework encouraged
  • TV travel resumed with business travel minimized
  • EMP screening
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

Duration: This Safe Return Order to restart the economy and resume community activities safely shall be effective at 8:00 a.m. on Monday, June 1, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect until 8:00 a.m. on Monday, June 15, 2020... Group Gatherings (Social Distancing IS NOT Possible): Public and private social gatherings and recreational activities shall be limited to groups of no more than 20 people in a single indoor space or groups of no more than 50 people in an outdoor space... Group Gatherings (Social Distancing IS Possible):... no more than 50 people in a single indoor space or groups of no more than 100 people in an outdoor space... Travel: All travel may resume. Non-essential business travel should be minimized... businesses and non-profits are encouraged to continue utilizing work from home or other telework procedures... Retail businesses shall adopt reasonable, good-faith measures... limiting the number of customers in their stores at one time to no greater than 50% of store capacity... permit bars that do not serve food to reopen subject to the limitations on restaurants and bars... including limiting the number of customers to 50% of maximum capacity and setting hours of operation to close to the public no later than 10:00 p.m.... For all in-patient procedures and surgeries, the healthcare facility where the surgery or procedure is performed must reserve at least 25% of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients... hospitals, nursing homes and retirement or long-term care facilities shall not allow visitors unless to provide critical assistance, to visit residents receiving imminent end-of-life care.

Enforcement

As in EO 1477 (Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(5)-(6); 33-15-43); local authority preserved (I(i)(1) per Tupelo EO 20-018)

Notes

Daily employee screening 'before beginning shift' and 'any employee who exhibits any of the symptoms of COVID-19 during their shift shall be sent home immediately'; indoor places of amusement reopen with limits (I(i)); pools 6:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Retrieval note

Seven-page signed original; date per EO 1525's recital ('on May 28, 2020, I issued Executive Order 1492').