The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Dakota
- Level
- State
- Authority
- SDCL 34-48A
- Issued
- 2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-23
- End
- Expires 2020-05-02 by its terms; rescinded 2020-04-06 by EO 2020-12 (read as 2020-05-02)
- In force
- Mar. 23, 2020 to May 2, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every South Dakotan
- all employers
- enclosed retail businesses that promote public gatherings (bar, restaurant, brewery, cafe, casino, coffee shop, recreational or athletic facility, health club, entertainment venue)
- all healthcare organizations
- all local and municipal governments
- Functions reached
- DR dining rooms and BA bars
- FC fitness and entertainment venues
- SX elective surgery
- OF telework and travel
- GATH local gathering limits
- CB customers
- Collection
- South Dakota SD
Operative words
do hereby Order and Direct the following:... All employers, both for profit and not-for-profit, within the State of South Dakota should:... 9. Encourage staff to telework if possible, implement social distancing measures, limit unnecessary work gatherings, limit non-essential travel... Any 'enclosed retail business that promotes public gatherings' within the State of South Dakota should: 11. Suspend or modify business practices as recommended by CDC guidance that involve ten or more people to be in an enclosed space where physical separation of at least six feet is not possible. 12. Continue offering or consider offering business models that do not involve public gatherings, including takeout, delivery, drive-through, curb-side service, off-site services... All healthcare organizations within the State of South Dakota should:... 15. Postpone all non-essential elective surgeries to conserve (and thereby maximize) supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). All local and municipal governments within the State of South Dakota should:... 17. Restrict public gatherings of ten people or more, unless it is necessary. 18. Review the business practices of each 'enclosed retail business that promotes public gatherings' in their community for compliance with this Executive Order
Enforcement
Hortatory ('should'); Limitation B: creates no right enforceable at law; read with CISA memorandum of Mar. 19, 2020
Notes
The State's own flyer (SD-038) summarized it as 'STAY HOME to reduce exposure' and 'Do not gather in groups of 10 or more'
Retrieval noteRead visually (3 pages).