The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Hampshire
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.H. Const. pt. II, art. 41; RSA 4:45; RSA 4:47
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 5:15 p.m. (para. 3 visitor prohibition from 11:59 p.m. 2020-03-15) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- 2021-06-11 (expired on the 14-day term of Executive Order 2021-10, May 28, 2021, after twenty-one renewals) (read as 2021-06-11)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to June 11, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care orders
- Addressees
- all State agencies
- residents and visitors
- assisted living, long-term care, nursing and residential care facilities
- State and municipal employees
- public schools
- health care providers
- child care licensees
- Functions reached
- VS visitation at LTC and residential facilities
- TR/TV business and school travel
- OP predicate for all Emergency Orders
- HC facility licensing waivers (para. 10)
- EC child care licensing waivers (para. 11)
- Collection
- New Hampshire NH
Operative words
I do hereby declare a state of emergency to exist in the entire State of New Hampshire as of 5:15 p.m. on March 13, 2020.... 3. Beginning at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 15th, all assisted living facilities, long term care facilities, nursing facilities, residential care facilities... shall prohibit visitor access to reduce facility based transmission of COVID-19.... 7. All non-essential out-of-state travel by State and municipal employees for official business is hereby suspended.... 14. All school sponsored out-of-state travel for students and teachers in New Hampshire public schools is suspended.... 18. Pursuant to RSA 4:45 and RSA 4:47, while this Order is in effect, additional temporary orders, directives, rules and regulations may be issued either by the Governor or by designated State officials with written approval of the Governor.
Enforcement
RSA 21-P:47 (violation of any order, rule or regulation under the emergency-management subdivision is a misdemeanor); Emergency Order #65 (Aug. 13, 2020) civil penalties
Notes
Para. 10 authorizes DHHS waivers of RSA 151 hospital licensing; para. 11 child-care licensing waivers; para. 8 remote public meetings; para. 16 SBA economic-injury survey; para. 17 unemployment access.
Retrieval noteRenewals (each 21 days, from the order's own recitals and the Governor's index page): 2020-05 (Apr. 3), 2020-08 (Apr. 24), 2020-09 (May 15), 2020-10 (June 5), 2020-14 (June 26), 2020-15 (July 17), 2020-16 (Aug. 7), 2020-17 (Aug. 28), 2020-18 (Sept. 18), 2020-20 (Oct. 9), 2020-21 (Oct. 30), 2020-23 (Nov. 20), 2020-24 (Dec. 11), 2020-25 (Jan. 1, 2021), 2021-01 (Jan. 22), 2021-02 (Feb. 12), 2021-04 (Mar. 5), 2021-05 (Mar. 26), 2021-06 (Apr. 16), 2021-08 (May 7), 2021-10 (May 28, 14 days).