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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Utah Code 26-1-10, 26-1-30, 26-6-3
- Issued
- 2020-03-21 Mar. 21, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-21 (Mar. 17 original effective immediately) (read as 2020-03-21)
- End
- 2020-04-01 (superseded by the Apr. 1, 2020 order, UT-005) (read as 2020-04-01)
- In force
- Mar. 21, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all food service establishments, restaurants, bars, taverns, nightclubs, private liquor clubs, saloons
- long-term care facilities
- the Department and Local Health Authorities
- Functions reached
- DR dining room closed
- BA bar service closed
- TO takeout by remote order only
- CB customer base (public barred from premises)
- VS long-term care visitation under CMS restrictions
- WF (employee symptom exclusion)
- Collection
- Utah UT
Operative words
1. Restaurants, Bars, and Taverns. Effective immediately, all food service, restaurants, self-serve buffets, salad bars, unpackaged self-serve food services, bars, taverns, nightclubs, private liquor clubs, and saloons in the state of Utah (hereinafter, "food service establishments") shall immediately close to members, guests, patrons, customers, and the general public.... a. Dine-in food service, whether inside or outside a food service establishment, is prohibited. b. Take-out food service is permitted only if the food order is placed remotely by electronic means such as by internet or phone app or by telephone. A take-out food order may not be placed inside the food service establishment.... 2. Access to long-term care facilities shall be governed by the guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality.
Enforcement
"the Department or the Local Health Authority shall immediately close all business activity at any establishment that knowingly violates any provision of this Order or an Order of the Local Health Authority"
Notes
Also: cash-handling employees may not prepare food; daily symptom screening of employees required; recommendations (not enforceable) against gatherings over 10 and for telecommuting; order 'supersedes the order issued by the Department on March 17, 2020'; duration 'through April 1, 2020, unless further extended'.
Retrieval noteThe March 17, 2020 original (effective Mar. 18 per NGA) was not separately retrieved; its existence and supersession are recited in this order.