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Executive Order No. 205

Quarantine Restrictions on Travelers Arriving in New York

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo · New York (State)

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Jurisdiction
New York
Level
State
Authority
N.Y. Const. art. IV, § 1; Exec. Law § 29-a; Public Health Law art. 21 and § 12
Issued
2020-06-24 June 24, 2020
Effective
2020-06-25 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-06-25)
End
EO 205.1 (Sept. 28, 2020), EO 205.2 (Oct. 31, 2020: test-out), EO 205.3; domestic quarantine lifted Apr. 1, 2021 (State file) (read as 2020-09-28)
In force
June 25, 2020 to Sept. 28, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • travelers arriving in New York from designated States (7-day average above 10 new cases per 100,000 or 10 percent positivity)
  • Commissioner of Health
Functions reached
  • DR (out-of-State drivers under the DOH essential-worker protocols: short-term (less than 12 hours) monitoring; medium-term (less than 36 hours) monitoring; long-term: diagnostic test within 24 hours, etc.)
  • WF (workforce returning from listed States)
  • CB (customers' inbound travel; 30-plus States listed at the peak)
Collection
Logistics, Warehousing and Wholesale SEC-11

Operative words

[T]he commissioner of the Department of Health [shall] issue a travel advisory to be communicated widely at all major points of entry into New York... all travelers entering New York from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents, or higher than a 10% test positivity rate, over a seven day rolling average, will be required to quarantine for a period of 14 days... The Commissioner may issue additional protocols for essential workers, or for other extraordinary circumstances, when a quarantine is not possible, provided such measures continue to safeguard the public health.... Any violation of a quarantine or isolation order issued to an individual pursuant to the Commissioner of the Department of Health's travel advisory... may be enforced pursuant to article 21 of the public health law, and non-compliance may additionally be deemed a violation pursuant to section 12 of the public health law.

Enforcement

Public Health Law art. 21 (mandatory quarantine orders) and § 12 (civil penalties up to $2,000; $5,000 for repeat; $10,000 where serious physical harm results), recited in the order

Retrieval note

Rendered from the Governor's Office page as captured July 1, 2020 (726 words; the order's text is complete).