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State Health Officer Confinement Order 2020-06.1

Fourteen-day quarantine of all close contacts (within six feet for a cumulative fifteen minutes in 24 hours) of positive individuals; essential critical infrastructure workers exempt while asymptomatic

Interim State Health Officer Paul Mariani, M.D., North Dakota Department of Health · North Dakota (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Dakota
Level
State
Authority
N.D.C.C. § 23-01-05(12)
Issued
2020-09-23 Sept. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-09-23
End
Revoked by Order 2020-06.2 (Sept. 26, 2020) (read as 2020-09-26)
In force
Sept. 23, 2020 to Sept. 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Quarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons identified by the Department of Health as a close contact of a positive individual
Functions reached
  • WF (close-contact removals in every workplace and school)
  • HR
Collection
North Dakota ND

Operative words

ALL PERSONS IN THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AS A CLOSE CONTACT OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE... A CLOSE CONTACT IS SOMEONE WHO WAS WITHIN SIX FEET OF AN INFECTED PERSON WHEN THE CUMMULATIVE EXPOSURE EQUALS FIFTEEN MINUTES WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD... are subject to quarantine immediately upon receiving notification from the Department of Health and for a period of fourteen days since last contact with the contagious individual.

Enforcement

Class B misdemeanor, N.D.C.C. § 23-07.6-02(3); infraction, N.D.C.C. § 23-07-21(1)

Notes

Three days of statewide close-contact quarantine by order; revoked amid the fall surge (Ex. ND-058) and replaced by guidance with a masking exception (Governor's release of Oct. 1, 2020).