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Amended Director's Stay At Home Order

Amended Director's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity

Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health · Ohio (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
R.C. 3701.13
Issued
2020-04-02 Apr. 2, 2020
Effective
2020-04-06 11:59 p.m. (continuing the Mar. 22 order without interruption) (read as 2020-04-06)
End
2020-05-01 11:59 p.m.; superseded by the Stay Safe Ohio Order effective May 1, 2020 (Ex. OH-019) (read as 2020-05-01)
In force
Apr. 6, 2020 to May 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals in Ohio
  • all businesses and operations
  • travelers entering Ohio
Functions reached
  • CB
  • SF
  • OF telework compelled
  • WF
  • MK
  • TRAV (entrants asked to self-quarantine 14 days; symptomatic persons barred)
  • SC
  • GATH
  • EVT
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

1. Stay at home or place of residence. With exceptions as outlined below, all individuals currently living within the State of Ohio are ordered to stay at home or at their place of residence except as allowed in this Order.... 2. Non-essential business and operations must cease.... 4.... However, persons entering the State with the intent to stay are asked to self-quarantine for fourteen days.... Persons who have tested positive for COVID-19, are presumptively diagnosed with COVID-19 or are exhibiting the symptoms... shall not enter the State... 17. Enforcement. This Order may be enforced by State and local law enforcement to the extent set forth in Ohio law. Specifically, pursuant to R.C 3701.352 '[n]o person shall violate any rule the director of health or department of health adopts or any order the director or department of health issues under this chapter to prevent a threat to the public caused by a pandemic, epidemic, or bioterrorism event.'... 18. Penalty. A violation of R.C. 3701.352 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, which can include a fine of not more than $750 or not more than 90 days in jail, or both. 19.... a. Allow as many employees as possible to work from home by implementing policies in areas such as teleworking and video conferencing.

Enforcement

Paras. 17-18 (quoted): R.C. 3701.352; R.C. 3701.56; misdemeanor of the second degree, $750 and 90 days; para. 23 Dispute Resolution Commission

Notes

Adds the penalty paragraph, the Dispute Resolution Commission (para. 23), campground closures with exceptions, and the travel paragraph; amusement, pools and organized sports remain closed (para. 3).

Retrieval note

Scanned 13-page order; pages 1, 2, 9 and 10 read visually. Effective and end dates per the order's amendment of the Mar. 22 order and the Stay Safe Ohio Order's recital (Ex. OH-019 at 13).