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Ex. DUT-GA-00829 U.S.C. section 654Duties of employers and employees (the general duty clause)Congress (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Pub. L. 91-596, section 5, 84 Stat. 1590, 1593)United States (applies directly in Georgia, which has no State occupational-safety plan for private employers)FederalDec. 29, 19702020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-018ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health EmergencyAssociation County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governmentsGeorgiaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-066DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (and successors)Public health control measures: isolation, quarantine and shelter-in-place of the medically fragileGeorgia Department of Public Health (Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D.)GeorgiaStateMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-022Executive Order No. 20-001Executive Order declaring a public health and economic state of emergency in DeKalb County (COVID-19)Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondDeKalb County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-005Executive Order 03.23.20.01Limiting large gatherings statewide, ordering 'shelter in place' for specific populations, and closing bars and nightclubs in Georgia for…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-030Declaration of Emergency in Cobb CountyDeclaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19)Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCobb County, Georgia (unincorporated area)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-002Administrative Order for Public Health Control Measures Related to COVID-19, Directing All Residents of Fulton County to Shelter in PlaceFulton County Board of Health Administrative Order (20.03.31)S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., District Health Director, Public Health District 3.2, and C.E.O., Fulton County Board of HealthFulton County, Georgia (Public Health District 3-2)CountyMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-010Executive Order 04.02.20.01Executive Order to Ensure a Safe & Healthy Georgia (statewide shelter in place)Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 2, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-013Executive Order 04.08.20.03Ensuring the safety of employees and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-04-060Executive Order 04.08.20.03Ensuring the safety of employees and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement)COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update - Client Advisory: GPA Temperature Check AnnouncementGeorgia Ports AuthorityGeorgia Ports Authority (State authority; Ports of Savannah and Brunswick)StateApr. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-012Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety ActAn Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for certain immunities from…General Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020GeorgiaStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-015DPH Administrative Order, Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening GuidanceState of Georgia Department of Public Health Administrative Order: Long-Term Care Facilities Reopening GuidanceGeorgia Department of Public Health (Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D., M.P.H., Commissioner and State Health Officer)GeorgiaStateSept. 15, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. GA-067Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine)Isolation requirements for COVID-19-positive persons and quarantine of exposed personsGeorgia Department of Public HealthGeorgiaStateDec. 4, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-GA-013House Bill 112 (2021)An Act to amend an Act relating to torts to provide certain immunities from liability claims regarding COVID-19, approved August 5, 2020…General Assembly of Georgia (Representatives Kelley, Cooper, Carpenter, Newton, Hawkins and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp (May 2021)GeorgiaStateJuly 1, 20212021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-017Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022)Opinion reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss: negligence claims for a senior-living facility's March 2020 infection-control conduct…Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps)Georgia (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Third Division)CourtJune 22, 2022Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-001O.C.G.A. section 31-12-4Isolation and segregation of diseased persons; quarantineGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1204, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended by Ga. L. 2002, p. 1386, section 9)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-002O.C.G.A. section 31-12-3Power to require immunization and other preventive measuresGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-1203, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1; amended 2002)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-003O.C.G.A. section 31-2A-4Obligation to safeguard and promote health of people of the stateGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Title 31, Chapter 2A, Department of Public Health; enacted 2011 on the creation of the Department, carrying forward Code 1933, section 88-108)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-004O.C.G.A. sections 31-5-8 and 31-5-9Penalty for violations of the provisions of this title; Injunctions for enjoining violations of the provisions of this title; injunctions to…General Assembly of Georgia (Code 1933, section 88-301, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, section 1)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-005Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 511-9-1-.01 to 511-9-1-.05Isolation and Quarantine (Scope and Purpose; Definitions; Public Health Control Measures; Powers of the County Boards of Health to Implement…Georgia Department of Public Health (rules filed with the Secretary of State; Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. Chapter 511-9-1)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-006O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-7 and 38-3-4Penalty for violation; EnforcementGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act of 1981, formerly the Civil Defense Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, sections 16 and 21)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-007O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51Emergency powers of Governor; termination of emergency; limitations in energy emergency; immunityGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-009O.C.G.A. sections 34-2-10 and 34-2-13Employer's duty with respect to provision of safe employment generally; Penalties for violations of chapterGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Ga. L. 1937, p. 230, sections 10 and 18; section 18 amended by Ga. L. 1975, p. 198, section 3)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-010O.C.G.A. section 34-7-20Care by employer in selection of employees and in furnishing of safe machinery; employer's duty to warnGeneral Assembly of Georgia (Civil Code 1895, section 2611; Civil Code 1910, section 3130; Code 1933, section 66-301)GeorgiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read