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Executive Order 2020-12

Declaration of a catastrophic health emergency (all 77 counties) and convocation of the Legislature's special session to concur

Governor J. Kevin Stitt · Oklahoma (State)

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Jurisdiction
Oklahoma
Level
State
Authority
Okla. Const. art. VI, secs. 2 and 7; Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act, 63 O.S. 6101-6900, 6104, 6401, 6804
Issued
2020-04-02 Apr. 2, 2020
Effective
2020-04-02 for thirty days (read as 2020-04-02)
End
Renewed by Amended EO 2020-12 (May 1, 2020); terminated by the Legislature effective May 30, 2020 (recited in EO 2020-20) (read as 2020-05-01)
In force
Apr. 2, 2020 to May 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the State
  • health care providers
  • National Guard
Functions reached
  • predicate for health-care liability treatment (76 O.S. 5.9) and Commissioner of Health powers
Collection
Oklahoma OK

Operative words

There is hereby declared a health emergency in the State of Oklahoma, as defined in 63 O.S. 6104 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The nature of the health emergency is the spread of COVID-19 both in the United States and the State of Oklahoma.... The duration of this state health emergency shall be for thirty (30) days after the filing of this Executive Order. The primary public health authority responding to the health emergency shall be the Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health.... By declaring this emergency, I hereby authorize and enforce the provisions of 63 O.S. 6804.

Enforcement

Catastrophic Health Emergency Powers Act powers (63 O.S. 6804)

Notes

The Legislature concurred (special session convened Apr. 6, 2020) and later terminated the declaration effective May 30, 2020 (EO 2020-20 recital).

Retrieval note

SOS document 1927; OCR.

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