| Ex. AR-001 | Executive Order 20-03Executive Order to Declare an Emergency, as Authorized by Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-114, and Order the Arkansas Department of Health to Take… | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | Mar. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-044 | ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals (March 11, 2020)Voluntary, suggested screening criteria for hospital employees and visitors; review of visitation criteria | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Mar. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-045 | ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive)Directive barring visitation and restricting entry at long-term-care facilities | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-074 | ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care')Long-term-care visitation prohibition and screening directive (second copy of the March 13, 2020 text) | Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services | ArkansasSector regulator | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-035 | ADH Directive of March 19, 2020Directive closing schools through April 17, closing restaurant and bar dine-in service, gyms and indoor entertainment venues, moving State… | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasState | Mar. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-036 | ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020)Directive limiting dental practice to emergency care | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-025 | ADH, 'COVID-19: Guidance for State Correctional Facilities and Local Detention Facilities' (Mar. 27, 2020)Guidance for prisons and county jails: visitation prohibited; screening of visitors, staff and volunteers; restriction of transfers between… | Arkansas Department of Health | Arkansas Department of Health (guidance to State correctional facilities and local detention facilities); State levelState | Mar. 27, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-040 | ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye care | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Apr. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-02-053 | ADH Directive on Elective SurgeriesDirective postponing elective procedures, testing and office visits | Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.) | ArkansasState | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-003 | Executive Order 20-13Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03 Regarding the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19 for the Purpose of Imposing Further… | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | Apr. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-046 | ADH Directive for Camps, Including Day and Overnight, and Faith-based Organizations (April 17, 2020)Directive cancelling summer camp operations | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasState | Apr. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Business closureGathering capSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-005 | Executive Order 20-25Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03... for the Purpose of Renewing the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Prevent the Spread… | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | May 5, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-051 | ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May 11, 2020; revised May 18; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Restaurant dine-in at one-third then 66 percent of seating with masking, distancing and service rules | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | May 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-058 | ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020)Dental resumption conditioned on screening, masking, aerosol controls, modified waiting rooms and longer appointments | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | May 15, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-085 | ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020)Day camps: classes of ten or fewer, no outside adults, no field trips, masks for staff and campers ten and older | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-052 | ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26, 2020; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Bars and clubs: closed from March 20, resumed May 26 with distancing, 66 percent from June 15 | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | May 26, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-072 | ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports (effective June 1, 2020; amended July 23 and Aug. 10, 2020)Phased resumption of youth and adult team sports with screening, temperature checks, distancing and masking | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasState | June 1, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-007 | Executive Order 20-37Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19 | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | June 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-059 | ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020)Elective procedures: history of the April 27 resumption and its testing conditions; symptomatic-patient testing, contact exclusion and… | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Aug. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-071 | ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020)Conditions for community and school music and theater: masks for everyone ten and older, six-foot spacing, screening, temperature checks | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasState | Aug. 5, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-010 | Executive Order 20-45Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19 | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | Aug. 14, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-064 | Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020)Long-term-care visitation prohibited except as allowed; screening; expanded visitation only in facilities meeting conditions | Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Oct. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-011 | Executive Order 20-48Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19 | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | Oct. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-065 | ADH Directive for hours of operation to Alcoholic Beverage Control on-premise permitted locations (issued Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 20, 2020 until Jan. 3, 2021)Eleven o'clock closing of on-premises alcohol locations | Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health | ArkansasSector regulator | Nov. 19, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AR-012 | Executive Order 20-51Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19 | Governor Asa Hutchinson | ArkansasState | Dec. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q4 | Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |