The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- North Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Guidance under the state of emergency (EO 2020-03); operative through EOs 2020-06.4 to 06.7 and 2020-43 (which incorporate the 'ND Smart Restart Large Gathering Tiered Capacity document')
- Issued
- 2020-05-15 May 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-15 (guidance); the risk-level regime governed the recommendations from May 2020 through January 2021 and the tiered capacity document was incorporated by EO 2020-43 (Nov. 13, 2020) as a binding cap (read as 2020-05-15)
- End
- Risk-level recommendations were converted to guidelines statewide on Jan. 18, 2021 (Exs. ND-073, ND-074); the emergency ended Apr. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-01-18)
- In force
- May 15, 2020 to Jan. 18, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capOther
- Addressees
- all industries
- local governments (county risk levels)
- Functions reached
- MC meetings and conventions
- BQ banquets
- DR
- SL
- FC
- GATH
- Collection
- North Dakota ND
Operative words
Orange / High Risk is the level of guidance for mitigation strategies that North Dakota functioned under... emphasizing 'Stay Home. Stay Healthy. Stay Connected.' Only essential travel and essential critical infrastructure... recommended restrictions, such as avoiding groups greater than 10 people... Yellow / Moderate is the level of guidance for mitigation strategies that North Dakota functions under right now.... [Banquets, ballrooms, event venues:] certificate of occupancy for that room but no more than 250... [Personal services:] to 50% certificate of occupancy for that room... up to 75% certificate of occupancy for that room
Enforcement
Recommendations, except where incorporated by executive order (EO 2020-06.4 to 06.6 for reopening conditions; EO 2020-43 for the tiered capacity caps)
Notes
The plan itself is guidance; its legal bite came through the executive orders that incorporated it. It records the State's own description of March 20 to April 30, 2020 as the 'Orange / High Risk' period: 'Only essential travel and essential critical infrastructure' with 'Stay Home' as the operative message.