Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Mitigation Relating to Travel

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 1403(a); Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 6, 2020, as renewed)

Issued

2020-11-17 Nov. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-11-20 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-11-20)

End

Amended Dec. 2020 and Jan. 2021 (10-day quarantine); terminated Mar. 1, 2021 (read as 2021-03-01)

In force

Nov. 20, 2020 to Mar. 1, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• individuals traveling into and returning to Pennsylvania from any other State or international location

Functions reached

• DR (interstate drivers within the work exception; drivers' non-work travel and the workforce's return from other States)
• WF (employees returning from travel: test or quarantine)
• CB (customers' inbound travel)

Collection

Logistics, Warehousing and Wholesale SEC-11

Operative words

Individuals traveling into and returning to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from any other State or Commonwealth or an international location, must produce evidence of a negative SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) test from a specimen collected within 72 hours prior to entering the Commonwealth, or quarantine for 14 days upon entering, unless they qualify for an exception.... [Exceptions include] Individuals travelling to and from the Commonwealth for the purposes of work.... Section 5: Effective Date and Duration. This Order shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on November 20, 2020 and shall remain in effect until further notice.

Enforcement