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Executive Order No. 2020-08

State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Governor Henry McMaster · South Carolina (State)

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Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Level
State
Authority
S.C. Const. art. IV, § 17; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-410 to -440, 25-1-440 (Emergency Management), 44-4-100 et seq. (Emergency Health Powers Act)
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 (immediately), fifteen days (read as 2020-03-13)
End
2020-03-28 (superseded by EO 2020-15; chain renewed to June 6-7, 2021) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders
Addressees
  • DHEC
  • nursing homes and assisted living facilities
  • public schools in Kershaw and Lancaster Counties
  • correctional institutions
  • commercial carriers
Functions reached
  • VS visitation (nursing homes, assisted living, prisons)
  • WF workforce (school closures in two counties)
  • CB residents and admissions of long-term care
Collection
South Carolina SC

Operative words

I hereby declare that a State of Emergency exists in South Carolina.... DHEC is immediately vested with those emergency powers set forth in the Emergency Health Powers Act... I further direct DHEC to restrict visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, with the exception of end-of-life situations, as DHEC deems necessary and appropriate.... I hereby order the closure of all public schools, to include state-supported colleges, universities, and technical colleges, in the following counties: Kershaw and Lancaster, beginning Monday, March 16, 2020, which shall remain closed for a period of fourteen (14) days

Enforcement

S.C. Code §§ 1-3-430, 1-3-440 (enforcement 'by use of all appropriate available means'; injunction, mandamus); § 39-5-145 price-gouging prohibitions activated (§ 7)

Notes

Predicate for every later order; § 8 extended commercial-vehicle hours-of-service waivers (EO 2020-07) to COVID-19 response and essential goods.

Retrieval note

Text copy ('FINAL') from the Governor's archive; the Secretary of State's stamped copy ('FILED') sits at the sibling URL and is a scan without a text layer.

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