The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Vt. Const. ch. II, § 20; 20 V.S.A. §§ 8, 9, 11, 20 and ch. 29
- Issued
- 2020-06-15 June 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-15 upon signing; superseded the original Executive Order as amended and its Addenda (read as 2020-06-15)
- End
- Midnight July 15, 2020, then extended monthly by Addenda 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 (VT-026 to VT-043) through midnight June 15, 2021, when it expired by its terms (VT-044 recital) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- June 15, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all business, non-profit and government entity operations
- health care facilities and clinicians
- Vermonters and travelers
- lodging, restaurants, bars, close-contact businesses, gyms, campgrounds, marinas, team sports
- schools and child care providers
- DLL licensees
- DMV
- municipalities
- Functions reached
- every function of every sector operating in Vermont: SF, DR, BA, BQ, LG, AM, FC, SL, JS, PF, WH, OF (telework), HR (training), WF (transit masks, child care), TV/TR (quarterly quarantine), VS (facility visitation), SX/PR/OC (VDH mitigation requirements), EC (AHS requirements), DM, CB
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
For the health and safety of all Vermonters, all business, non-profit and government entity operations, including close contact businesses, gyms and fitness facilities, bars, restaurants and other food services and recreational resources such as lodging, campgrounds, marinas, playgrounds and team sports, shall only operate in accordance with the occupancy limits and physical distancing, health and sanitation and training requirements set forth in ACCD Work Safe Guidance... Businesses and not-for-profit entities in the state that do not meet ACCD occupancy limits and physical distancing, health and sanitation and training requirements shall suspend in-person business operations... Telework. All businesses and non-profit and government entities shall encourage and facilitate telework among those employees with the capacity to work remotely when practical without impeding productivity. Employers shall accommodate the needs of high risk individuals, those workers who may have child care needs which cannot be met due to the closure of schools or child care facilities... Social gatherings shall be limited to up to twenty-five (25) people... Clinicians in Vermont shall operate only in accordance with the mitigation requirements and procedures issued by the Commissioner of VDH... The traveling and commuting public shall wear face coverings... any time they are using public transportation conveyances... any person, resident or non-resident, travelling into Vermont for anything other than daily commute for authorized work, health care, groceries, family visitation or recreation, must comply with guidance issued by the Secretary of ACCD.
Enforcement
§ 9(b): non-compliant businesses 'shall suspend in-person business operations'; § 9(f): 'The Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Health inspectors, AAFM inspectors, and Department of Liquor and Lottery enforcement officers shall... ensure businesses... have the information necessary to comply'; § 14 VDH Commissioner's advice on 'return to more limited standards of operation and civilian mobility'; 20 V.S.A. § 40 (VT-103)
Notes
§ 2 facility visitation; § 4 elective procedures under VDH requirements; § 6 State employee travel suspended; § 7 Stay Safe, trusted households, gathering size 25 subject to ACCD occupancy limits, quarantine and June 8 travel map with the 7-day-plus-test alternative from June 15; § 8 fairs and festivals cancelled; § 9 Work Safe; § 10 liquor (Directive 4 continued; outdoor consumption permits); § 11 ACCD authority over quarantine, phased resumption and gathering size; § 12 education (AOE Secretary to direct resumption of in-person instruction) and child care (AHS requirements); § 13 DMV; § 15 immunity rule. Later Addenda refer to this order as 'issued June 5, 2020'; it is dated June 15, 2020.
Retrieval noteRead in full. its capacity steps are documented from the Governor's releases (VT-088, VT-097, VT-090, VT-086).