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Ex. OK-006 Order Primary source read

Fourth Amended Executive Order 2020-07

'Safer at Home': vulnerable individuals ordered home; elective procedures postponed; gatherings over ten prohibited; non-critical businesses closed in community-spread counties; nursing-home visitation barred

Governor J. Kevin Stitt · Oklahoma (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Oklahoma
Level
State
Authority
Okla. Const. art. VI, sec. 2; 63 O.S. 683.1 et seq.
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 (business closures effective 11:59 p.m. Mar. 25, 2020) (read as 2020-03-24)
End
Closure paragraph 'effective until April 16, 2020'; superseded by Fifth Amended EO 2020-07 (Mar. 27, 2020) and extended statewide by the Seventh Amended (Apr. 1, 2020) (read as 2020-04-16)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care orders
Addressees
  • the public (vulnerable individuals)
  • all businesses outside critical infrastructure in community-spread counties
  • medical and dental providers
  • nursing homes and long-term care facilities
Functions reached
  • CB vulnerable customer base ordered home
  • SF/DR premises closed to the public in 19 counties
  • GATH events over ten prohibited
  • SX/PR/CH elective surgery, minor procedures and dental postponed
  • VS nursing-home visitation
  • WF
Collection
Oklahoma OK

Operative words

Adults over the age of sixty-five (65) and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions, collectively referred to as 'vulnerable individuals,' shall stay in their home or place of residence except for working in a critical infrastructure sector, as more particularly described herein, and the conduct of essential errands.... Oklahomans and medical providers in Oklahoma shall postpone all elective surgeries, minor medical procedures, and non-emergency dental procedures until April 7, 2020. Social gatherings of more than ten people are prohibited.... [all businesses not identified as being within a critical infrastructure sector as defined by the U.S. Department of] Homeland Security and located in a county experiencing community spread of COVID-19, as identified by OSDH on its website, shall close.... Nothing in this provision shall prevent restaurants and bars from providing pick-up, curbside, and delivery. This shall be effective until April 16, 2020. Visitors are prohibited from entering and visiting patients and residents at nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and retirement homes.

Enforcement

None recited in the order; Emergency Management Act predicate. Municipalities enforced parallel orders under their own codes (Tulsa TRO Title 8 sec. 300; OKC Municipal Code sec. 15-40; Norman Code sec. 2-111).

Notes

Counties closed Mar. 25 (per Husch Blackwell tracker): Canadian, Cleveland, Custer, Garvin, Grady, Jackson, Kay, Logan, Mayes, McClain, Muskogee, Noble, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Payne, Pontotoc, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington. Executive Memorandum 2020-01 (same day) supplements the critical-infrastructure list.

Retrieval note

SOS document 1919; OCR of the 7-page scan; paragraphs 17-21 quoted.