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Order of Health Officer (closing bars, brew pubs, wineries and casinos; food service to takeout and delivery)

Order of Health Officer, March 16, 2020

John Felton, Health Officer for City-County of Yellowstone (RiverStone Health) · Yellowstone County (Billings), Montana (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Yellowstone County (Billings), Montana · Montana
Level
County
Authority
Mont. Code Ann. Title 50, ch. 2, part 1; 50-2-118 (local health officer 'shall take steps to limit contact between people... including but not limited to ordering the closure of buildings or facilities where people congregate and cancelling events')
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 4:00 p.m. (body also recites 8 a.m. Tuesday March 17, 2020) (read as 2020-03-16)
End
2020-03-23 midnight 'pending further notification'; amended Mar. 20 (MT-044) and overtaken by the Governor's Mar. 20 and Mar. 24 Directives (read as 2020-03-23)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 23, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all bars, brew pubs, wineries and casinos in Yellowstone County
  • all food service operations
Functions reached
  • DR dining room
  • BA bar and alcohol service
  • AM casinos
  • TO takeout (permitted)
  • CB
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

All bars, brew pubs, wineries, and casinos in Yellowstone County shall be closed. All food service operations, subject to the exceptions below, in Yellowstone County shall be closed except: While remaining closed to dine-in customers, food service operations may continue to provide for take-out and delivery services. Food service establishments that serve a population that depends on it as one of its sole sources of food, such a university dining facility or cafeterias in hospital and care facilities, may continue to operate using necessary-only personnel. This order is effective at 4:00 p.m. Monday, March 16, 2020 through Monday, March 23, 2020 at midnight pending further notification.

Enforcement

Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118(5) (health officer to 'pursue action with the appropriate court'); 50-2-123 compliance orders; 50-2-124 misdemeanor penalties

Notes

Issued four days before the Governor's statewide closure; recites the Governor's Mar. 15 recommendation against gatherings of more than 50

Retrieval note

Both pages read by rendering; the order's two effective-time recitals (8 a.m. Mar. 17; 4:00 p.m. Mar. 16) are both in the text.