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Executive Order No. 119

Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to Waive Regulations in Order to Expand Access to Child Care and Support Local Health Departments

Governor Roy Cooper · North Carolina (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.10(b)(3); 166A-19.30(a)(1), (b)(4), (b)(5); 20-381; 20-116, 20-118, 20-119
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20
End
30 days; secs. 3-6 extended by EO 133, 140, 146, 150, 157, 164, 192, 197, 217, 230, 239 (to 2022) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chain
Addressees
  • Department of Public Safety and DOT
  • motor carriers transporting medical supplies
  • Secretary of DHHS (child care regulation waivers)
  • Division of Motor Vehicles
Functions reached
  • DR drivers and routes (hours of service)
  • SC supply chain for medical supplies
  • EC child care regulation waivers
  • DM DMV offices
Collection
North Carolina NC

Operative words

Section 5. Maximum Hours of Service... DPS, in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Transportation ('DOT'), shall waive the maximum hours of service for drivers prescribed by DPS pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. 20-381, if the driver is transporting medical supplies and other equipment in support of the Plan... Section 6. Height and Weight Restrictions... DPS... shall waive certain size and weight restrictions... Section 1. Delegation of Authority... I hereby delegate my authority to waive a provision of any regulation or ordinance of a state agency which restricts the immediate relief of human suffering

Enforcement

State Highway Patrol enforces conditions (sec. 7(III)); waivers conditioned on documentation

Notes

Recitals: DMV 'operates 115 offices... Driver License Offices'; child care regulations suspended to expand emergency child care for health care, EMS and law enforcement workers whose children's schools were closed.

Retrieval note

Pages 1-2 and the hours-of-service page read visually.

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