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Executive Order 2020-12.1

Workers' compensation eligibility for COVID-19 extended to funeral directors and funeral home employees handling decedents who tested positive

Governor Doug Burgum · North Dakota (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Dakota
Level
State
Authority
N.D. Const. art. V, § 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1
Issued
2020-04-16 Apr. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-04-16; for the duration of the declared state of emergency (read as 2020-04-16)
End
Terminated by EO 2021-05 (Feb. 22, 2021) (read as 2021-02-22)
In force
Apr. 16, 2020 to Feb. 22, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • funeral directors and other individuals employed in funeral homes
  • Workforce Safety and Insurance
Functions reached
  • FH funeral homes
  • WF
Collection
North Dakota ND

Operative words

hereby orders that the eligibility for workers' compensation benefits provided in Executive Order 2020-12 be extended to funeral directors and other individuals employed in funeral homes, who provide for the care, removal and final disposition of the deceased

Enforcement

Suspension of Title 65 provisions

Notes

The State's recital that funeral practitioners 'are also part of the continuum of care for individuals infected with the COVID-19 virus' pairs with State Health Officer Order 2020-07 (post-mortem communicable disease, Ex. ND-033).

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