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Directed Health Measure Orders 2020-006, 2020-007 and 2020-008

Directed Health Measure Order 2020-008 (56 counties; statewide school closure)

Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer · Nebraska (56 counties; schools statewide) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Nebraska (56 counties; schools statewide) · Nebraska
Level
State
Authority
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-502 and 81-601; 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01 (effective immediately); county groups to Apr. 30, May 6 or May 11, 2020; schools statewide to May 31, 2020 (read as 2020-04-01)
End
Superseded by Order 2020-009 (Apr. 3, 2020), which repeats every term (read as 2020-04-03)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons in 56 counties
  • all elementary and secondary schools statewide
  • hospitals
  • restaurants and bars
Functions reached
  • WF workforce (schools closed statewide)
  • IN in-person instruction
  • DR
  • BA
  • GATH
  • SX
  • PR
Collection
Nebraska NE

Operative words

II. The following Directed Health Measures are hereby ordered for ALL counties statewide effectively immediately and continuing until May 31, 2020 unless renewed, extended, or terminated by subsequent order, all persons in all the aforementioned counties are ordered to comply: 1. All schools; public, private and parochial: are hereby ordered to cease all in-person instruction, and all extra-curricular activities except for: remote learning, child care services, meal distribution, distribution of educational materials and supplies, general building or physical plant operations and maintenance, and residential services may be continued as needed or necessary. 2. Schools are defined as public, private, and parochial elementary and secondary schools.

Enforcement

DHHS formula

Notes

Order 2020-007 (NE-031, Apr. 1, 2020) added Adams, Clay, Webster, Nuckolls, Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps, Kearney, Harlan and Franklin Counties; Order 2020-008 added the Antelope-Arthur-Boyd-Brown-Cherry-Holt-Hooker-Keya Paha-Knox-Lincoln-Logan-McPherson-Pierce-Rock-Thomas group (56 counties in all) and the statewide school closure

Retrieval note

Scanned; Windows OCR read of the caption, coverage clauses and the statewide school-closure section; archived Apr. 2, 2020.