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- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301
- Issued
- 2020-05-07 May 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-08 12:01 a.m. for 24 northern and western counties; extended by amendment to 13 counties (May 15), 12 counties (May 22), 8 counties (May 29) and the 10 southeastern counties including Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery (June 5, 2020; PA-013) (read as 2020-05-08)
- End
- Superseded for each county as it entered the green phase (May 29 - July 3, 2020; PA-011, PA-014, PA-061, PA-062) (read as 2020-07-03)
- In force
- May 8, 2020 to July 3, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses in yellow-phase counties
- the public
- Functions reached
- SF retail reopened under 50% cap
- OP telework required where possible
- GATH capped at 25
- SL salons closed
- FC gyms closed
- PE theaters and casinos closed
- DR dining rooms closed
- JS construction resumed under guidance
- SH real estate under guidance
- Collection
- Pennsylvania PA
Operative words
[Businesses]... authorized to commence in-person operations as outlined below, provided that the businesses fully comply with all substantive aspects of: the Order of the Secretary of Health providing for building safety measures, issued April 5, 2020; the Order of the Secretary of Health providing for business safety measures (to keep employees and customers safe), issued April 15, 2020; and any other future applicable Department of Health (DOH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance... [businesses that can conduct operations] in whole or in part remotely through individual teleworking... may not commence in-person business operations... [indoor recreation, health and wellness facilities and personal care services] (such as gyms, spas, hair salons, nail salons, massage therapy providers), and all entertainment (such as casinos, theaters) [remain closed]; [restaurants and bars limited to carry-out and delivery]... B. Large gatherings of more than twenty-five (25) people are prohibited in the counties...
Enforcement
35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(b); Disease Prevention and Control Law; conditions of PA-007 and PA-008 incorporated
Notes
Yellow phase: retail and most life-sustaining and non-life-sustaining businesses reopened with the safety orders; gyms, spas, salons, casinos, theaters, indoor dining remained closed; gatherings over 25 prohibited; schools closed. Bracketed passages paraphrase the order's section headings where the layout text is fragmentary; quoted words are verbatim.
Retrieval noteText read. County amendments of May 14, May 21 and May 28, 2020 archived at governor.pa.gov (not saved); June 4 amendment saved as PA-013.