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Addendum 4 to Executive Order 01-20

Closure of Close-Contact Businesses and Further Restrictions of the Size of Mass Gatherings

Governor Philip B. Scott · Vermont (State)

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Jurisdiction
Vermont
Level
State
Authority
20 V.S.A. §§ 8, 9, 11; EO 01-20 § 6
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
Closures no later than 8:00 p.m. Monday, March 23, 2020; gathering limit upon signing (read as 2020-03-23)
End
Set to April 15, 2020; extended to May 15 and June 15 (VT-014, VT-021); kept in force by VT-020 ¶ 4 and VT-021 ¶ 5; close-contact resumption June 1, 2020 (VT-023); gathering limit raised to 25 June 1, 2020 (VT-023) (read as 2020-04-15)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Apr. 15, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • gymnasiums, fitness centers and similar exercise facilities, hair salons and barbers, nail salons, spas and tattoo parlors
  • all other businesses
  • the public
Functions reached
  • SL salon, barber, nail and spa services
  • FC gyms and fitness facilities
  • GATH/EVT gatherings over ten
  • EMP posting and distancing duties on all businesses
  • WS worship gatherings
  • MK events
Collection
Vermont VT

Operative words

No later than 8:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2020, gymnasiums, fitness centers and similar exercise facilities, hair salons and barbers, nail salons, spas and tattoo parlors shall cease all in-person operations... I hereby further amend and restate Section 6 of the Executive Order to prohibit all non-essential gatherings of more than ten (10) people at the same time in a space such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, large conference room, meeting hall, theater or any other confined indoor or confined outdoor space which encourages congregation... All public and private enterprises shall post appropriate notices requiring compliance with recommendations by the CDC and the Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Health.

Enforcement

20 V.S.A. § 40 (VT-103)

Notes

¶ 2 required every open business to implement CDC distancing (six feet, hygiene, sick employees home, disinfection) 'to the extent practicable'; the gathering exemption listed office, construction, manufacturing, grocery, food production, retail and retail banking 'employment environments'.

Retrieval note

The instrument is dated March 20, 2020; later recitals (VT-014, VT-021) describe it as 'issued March 21, 2020'.