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Executive Order 21-93

Quarantine and Isolation Order

Governor Daniel J. McKee · Rhode Island (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Level
State
Authority
R.I. Const. art. IX; R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; tit. 23, ch. 8; EO 21-86
Issued
2021-09-01 Sept. 1, 2021
Effective
2021-09-01
End
2021-10-01 by its terms; amended by EO 21-94 (Sept. 2) and 21-100 (Sept. 30, 2021, through Oct. 30); successor EO 21-105 (Oct. 26, 2021) (read as 2021-10-01)
In force
Sept. 1, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • diagnosed persons
  • fully vaccinated and unvaccinated close contacts
  • assisted living and nursing home residents
Functions reached
  • WF quarantine of unvaccinated exposed workers; masking of vaccinated exposed workers
  • HR
  • RS congregate-care residents
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

1. Any person who has been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19 by a licensed health care practitioner by assessment of symptoms or by laboratory testing must immediately self-isolate in accordance with RIDOH guidance... 2. Any fully vaccinated person (a) who has been in known close contact (within 6 feet for more than 15 minutes within a 24-hour period) with a person who has been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19... or (b) who has been contacted by RIDOH to inform them that they were a close contact with a confirmed positive case must get tested 3-5 days after the date of exposure and wear a mask in public indoor settings for 14 days or until he or she receives a negative test result.... 3. Any person who is not fully vaccinated and falls within category (a) or (b)... must get tested immediately after being identified as a close contact... All close contacts who are not fully vaccinated must immediately self-quarantine for 10 days following the close contact unless one of the following exemptions applies...

Enforcement

R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 23, ch. 8 (quarantine)

Notes

Issued the day the General Assembly's Sept. 1, 2021 cap on EO 21-26 took effect, under the new variant emergency; in force Sept. 1-30, 2021.