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North Carolina

The States

North Carolina

Name: North Carolina: governmental orders, March 2020 through September 2021
Creator: The COVID Project

The North Carolina file holds 73 instruments from the State's governor, health authorities, courts and agencies, 71 of them with the exhibit file held by The COVID Project. 177 records in the Library resolve to North Carolina in all, counting its metros, the agency clusters and the standing duties.

Code NCFirst closure or stay-at-home order Mar. 17, 2020 Ex. NC-003End of general restrictions May 14, 2021Orders reaching 2021 Q3 15Primary source read 71 Confirmed from a secondary source 2

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The record in brief

North Carolina's regime ran from the State of Emergency of March 10, 2020 (Executive Order No. 116, which the Governor never renewed periodically and terminated only by Executive Order No. 267 at the end of August 15, 2022) through an escalating set of statewide orders enforced as Class 2 misdemeanors under G.S. 166A-19.30(d) and 14-288.20A. The run-up to the second quarter of 2020 closed public schools (EO 117, March 16, 2020), restricted restaurants to carry-out, drive-through, delivery and outdoor seating and closed bars at 5:00 p.m. on March 17, 2020 (EO 118, with a companion abatement order of the Secretary of Health and Human Services), closed gyms, theaters, bowling alleys, live venues, spas, pools, gaming establishments, barber shops, salons, nail salons, massage and tattoo parlors at 5:00 p.m. on March 25, 2020 and restricted long-term-care visitation (EO 120), had the Secretary request suspension of all elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries from March 23, 2020, and produced the Chief Justice's postponement of court proceedings from March 13, 2020. The Stay at Home Order (EO 121) took effect March 30, 2020 at 5:00 p.m.: all individuals ordered to stay home, only travel for Essential Activities permitted, all non-essential businesses required to cease activities except Minimum Basic Operations, essential businesses directed to the maximum extent possible to direct employees to work from home or telework, gatherings over ten prohibited. EO 131 (effective April 13, 2020) imposed an Emergency Maximum Occupancy of 20 percent of fire capacity or five customers per 1,000 square feet on every operating retail establishment including banks and vehicle dealerships. EO 135 carried the Stay at Home Order to May 8, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Phase 1 (EO 138, May 8) reopened retail at 50 percent with the ten-person cap and kept restaurants, bars, gyms, entertainment and personal care closed; Phase 2 (EO 141, May 22, 2020) reopened restaurants and personal care at 50 percent with gatherings of ten indoors and twenty-five outdoors and telework strongly encouraged, and was extended by EOs 147, 151 and 155 to September 4, 2020. Statewide face coverings began June 26, 2020 (EO 147). In the third quarter of 2020 the 11:00 p.m. alcohol cut-off (EO 153, July 31; EO 162), the courthouse face covering directive (Emergency Directive 21, July 16, 2020) and Phase 2.5 (EO 163, September 4: gatherings 25/50; gyms 30 percent; bars, theaters and indoor entertainment still closed) governed. In the fourth quarter Phase 3 (EO 169, October 2; EO 170) opened outdoor bars and theaters at 30 percent or 100 guests and large outdoor venues at 7 percent; the winter re-tightening cut indoor gatherings to ten (EO 176, November 13), tightened face coverings (EO 180, November 25), and imposed the Modified Stay at Home Order (EO 181, December 11, 2020: stay home 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., businesses closed to the public at 10:00 p.m., alcohol ended at 9:00 p.m.), while the Chief Justice again postponed proceedings and barred jury trials (December 14, 2020) and EO 171/184 made the CDC eviction halt State law. The Modified Stay at Home Order ran through February 26, 2021 (EOs 188, 189). EO 195 (February 26, 2021) lifted the curfew, reopened indoor bars at 30 percent and set 50/30 percent categories; EO 204 (March 26) set 100/75/50 percent categories, gatherings of 50/100 and ended the alcohol curfew; EO 209 (April 30) set gatherings of 100/200 and ended outdoor masks; S.L. 2021-4 (March 11, 2021) ordered in-person instruction. EO 215 (May 14, 2021, 1:30 p.m.) ended capacity limits, gathering caps and the general mask mandate, keeping face coverings in K-12 schools, child care (per NCDHHS guidelines), health care, transportation, corrections and shelters; EO 220 re-issued those requirements through July 30, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. The Chief Justice ended the last emergency directives on June 21, 2021 after S.L. 2021-47 codified remote proceedings. In the third quarter of 2021 the State of Emergency, EO 220 (to July 30), the DHHS waiver and Secretarial Order chain (EO 211 to August 8, 2021, then EO 236), the transportation waivers (EO 217, EO 230), EO 224 (July 29, 2021: statewide standing orders for testing and vaccination; face coverings for unvaccinated Cabinet-agency workers from August 2; proof of full vaccination or weekly testing from September 1, 2021; North Carolina never preempted local orders; every order from EO 121 section 4 to EO 224 section 2.4 stated that counties and cities may impose greater restrictions.

The six quarters

What the record shows in force in North Carolina on the first day and the last day of each quarter. Every exhibit named here opens its record. The orders of March 13 to 31, 2020 belong to the second quarter of 2020, because wages paid after March 12, 2020 fall in that quarter.

Quarter	First day	Last day
2020 Q2Second quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Stay at Home Order in force (NC-005; effective Mar. 30, 5:00 p.m.): stay home, essential travel only, non-essential businesses ceased, telework directed, gatherings over 10 prohibited; dine-in closed and bars closed (NC-003); gyms, theaters, salons, barbers, spas, pools closed (NC-004); schools closed through May 15 (NC-004 sec. 4); LTC visitation restricted (NC-004 sec. 3); court proceedings postponed (NC-049, NC-050); elective procedures suspended at the Secretary's request from Mar. 23 (NC-068); dental elective care postponed (NC-044 to NC-046); utility shut-offs barred (NC-006); insurance deferrals (NC-043).	Phase 2 (NC-011 as extended by NC-013 to July 17): restaurants, retail, personal care 50%; bars, gyms, indoor entertainment, playgrounds closed; gatherings 10 indoor/25 outdoor; statewide face coverings from June 26 (NC-013); telework strongly encouraged; schools closed for the year (NC-010 sec. 4(E); NC-034 sec. 2.10); no jury trials (NC-052 ED 10); eviction moratorium and utility shut-off bar (NC-012).
2020 Q3Third quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Phase 2 (NC-011, NC-013): as of June 30.	Phase 2.5 (NC-017, from Sept. 4): gatherings 25/50; gyms 30%; museums 50%; bars, nightclubs, movie theaters, indoor entertainment, amusement parks closed; face coverings; alcohol onsite service ends 11 p.m. (NC-015, NC-035); courthouse face coverings and jury-trial plans (NC-053).
2020 Q4Fourth quarter of 2020The quarter nationally →	Phase 2.5 (NC-017); Phase 3 from Oct. 2, 5:00 p.m. (NC-018).	Modified Stay at Home Order (NC-023, from Dec. 11): stay home 10 p.m.-5 a.m.; businesses closed to public at 10 p.m.; alcohol ends 9 p.m.; gatherings 10 indoor/50 outdoor (NC-021); tightened face coverings (NC-022); indoor bars closed; 30% categories; court proceedings postponed to Jan. 14, 2021 and no jury trials (NC-054); eviction moratorium (NC-020, NC-037); mixed beverages to-go (NC-036).
2021 Q1First quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	As Dec. 31, 2020; extended by NC-024 (to Jan. 29) and NC-025 (to Feb. 28).	EO 204 (NC-027, from Mar. 26): gatherings 50 indoor/100 outdoor; 100/75/50% occupancy categories; indoor face coverings; alcohol curfew lifted; eviction moratorium to June 30 (NC-038); in-person instruction ordered (NC-033); court emergency directives extended (Mar. 15, 2021 order, indexed).
2021 Q2Second quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	EO 204 (NC-027).	EO 220 (NC-030): face coverings required in K-12 schools, health care settings, transportation, correctional facilities and shelters; child care under NCDHHS guidelines; no capacity or gathering limits; DHHS waivers (NC-065); transportation waivers (EO 217); court emergency directives ended June 21 (NC-057); eviction moratorium expired June 30 (NC-038).
2021 Q3Third quarter of 2021The quarter nationally →	State of Emergency (NC-001); EO 220 (NC-030) through July 30, 5:00 p.m.; EO 211 DHHS waivers and Secretarial Orders (NC-065); EO 217 transportation waivers; federal layer.	State of Emergency (NC-001); EO 224 as extended by EO 229 (NC-031, NC-058): standing orders (secs. 2.1-2.2), Cabinet-agency face coverings (sec. 4.2, from Aug. 2), vaccination or weekly testing (sec. 4.1, from Sept. 1); EO 230 (NC-066); EO 232 (NC-059); EO 234 (NC-060); S.L. 2021-130 sec. 10 (NC-032); Toolkit quarantine rules (NC-072); DHHS waiver chain (NC-065, then NC-061).

The end of general restrictions

The day the general business restrictions ended in North Carolina, the instrument that ended them, and what the record shows still in force afterward. The end of the general orders is not the end of the record: sector rules, standing duties and the federal layer continue past it.

End of general restrictions

May 14, 2021

2021-05-14 13:30 (EO 215); remaining EO 220 face covering settings expired 2021-07-30 17:00

Instrument Executive Order No. 215 (Ex. NC-029), re-issued by Executive Order No. 220 (Ex. NC-030)

What remained in force

State of Emergency (EO 116) to Aug. 15, 2022; face coverings in K-12 schools (StrongSchoolsNC Toolkit), health care settings (CDC infection control), public and private transportation, airports and stations, correctional facilities and homeless shelters, and child care under NCDHHS guidelines, through July 30, 2021 (EO 215 secs. 2-3; EO 220); DHHS waiver and Secretarial Order chain (EO 130/139 as extended by EO 211 to Aug. 8, 2021 and EO 236 to Jan. 5, 2022); transportation waivers (EO 217, EO 230); from July 29, 2021 EO 224 (standing orders; Cabinet-agency face coverings Aug. 2; vaccination or weekly testing Sept. 1) as extended by EO 229 and EO 238; S.L. 2021-130 sec. 10 school face covering policies from Aug. 30, 2021.

Preemption of local orders

None. EO 121 sec. 4(A): 'nothing herein is intended to limit or prohibit counties and cities in North Carolina from enacting ordinances and issuing state of emergency declarations which impose greater restrictions or prohibitions to the extent authorized under North Carolina law'; repeated in EO 215 sec. 5.3(a) and EO 224 sec. 2.4(a). Local orders could not restrict State or federal government operations (EO 121 sec. 4(B); EO 215 sec. 5.3(b); EO 224 sec. 2.4(b)). EO 153 sec. 3(B): local governments 'cannot set more permissive policies concerning the sale of alcoholic beverages.' G.S. 166A-19.30(c)(1) lets the Governor amend or rescind local prohibitions; no order did. S.L. 2021-130 sec. 10 (Aug. 30, 2021) required school boards to adopt a face covering policy and vote monthly; it did not bar local mask orders. No statute barred county or city mask orders through Sept. 30, 2021.

Third quarter of 2021

July 1 through September 30, 2021, the last claimable quarter: the instruments the record shows in force in North Carolina. An order in force on any day of the quarter is an order in force during it. The quarter nationally →

In force (12)

NC-001
NC-030 (to 2021-07-30 17:00)
NC-065 (to 2021-08-08; chain to NC-061)
EO 217 and NC-066 (transportation waivers)
NC-031 (from 2021-07-29; sec. 4.2 from 2021-08-02; sec. 4.1 from 2021-09-01)
NC-058
NC-059
NC-060
NC-032 (from 2021-08-30)
NC-072 (Toolkit quarantine and close-contact rules, 2021-22 year)
NC-073 (DHHS Secretarial Orders under the EO 211 chain; secondary)
federal layer: CDC conveyance mask order, TSA directives, OSHA Healthcare ETS

Sector chronology

How the orders reached each kind of business in North Carolina, sector by sector, in the order the record gives. Open a sector to read its chronology; every exhibit named opens its record.

Restaurants and bars

Dine-in closed and bars closed Mar. 17, 2020, 5:00 p.m. (EO 118); restaurants 50% from May 22, 2020 (EO 141); alcohol onsite service ends 11 p.m. from July 31, 2020 (EO 153; EO 162; EO 169), 9 p.m. from Dec. 11, 2020 (EO 181), 11 p.m. from Feb. 26, 2021 (EO 195), lifted Mar. 26, 2021 (EO 204); indoor restaurants 75% Mar. 26, 2021; bars closed Mar. 17, 2020 to Oct. 2, 2020 (outdoor 30%/100 under EO 169), indoor bars 30% Feb. 26, 2021 (EO 195), 50% Mar. 26, 2021 (EO 204); all limits lifted May 14, 2021 (EO 215); masks at tables except while actively eating or drinking from Nov. 25, 2020 (EO 180).

Retail

Essential retail only Mar. 30 to May 8, 2020 (EO 121); Emergency Maximum Occupancy 20% or 5 per 1,000 sq. ft. from Apr. 13, 2020 (EO 131); 50% from May 8, 2020 (EO 138); 100% from Mar. 26, 2021 (EO 204); duty to enforce face coverings from Nov. 25, 2020 (EO 180); lifted May 14, 2021 (EO 215).

Personal care

Barber shops, beauty and hair salons, nail salons, massage and tattoo parlors ordered closed Mar. 25, 2020, 5:00 p.m. (EO 120 sec. 1(c)); remained closed in Phase 1 (EO 138 sec. 5(A)); reopened 50% May 22, 2020 (EO 141); 100% Mar. 26, 2021 (EO 204); face coverings to May 14, 2021.

Fitness and entertainment

Gyms, health clubs, pools, movie theaters, bowling alleys, skating rinks, live performance venues, bingo and gaming establishments closed Mar. 25, 2020 (EO 120 sec. 1(b)); pools May 22, 2020 (EO 141); gyms 30% Sept. 4, 2020 (EO 163); theaters, conference centers and outdoor venues 30%/100 and large outdoor venues 7% Oct. 2, 2020 (EO 169); gyms 50% and theaters 30% Feb. 26, 2021 (EO 195); 50%-75% Mar. 26, 2021 (EO 204); lifted May 14, 2021 (EO 215).

Hotels and short-term rentals

Hotels and motels essential 'to the extent used for lodging and delivery or carry-out food services' (EO 121 sec. 2(C)(28)); pools, fitness rooms, restaurants and meeting spaces under the phase rules; no statewide traveler quarantine.

Offices and telework

EO 121 sec. 2(B) (Mar. 30 to May 8, 2020): 'All COVID-19 Essential Businesses and Operations are directed, to the maximum extent possible, to direct employees to work from home or telework'; EO 138 sec. 3: 'Continue to promote telework and limit non-essential travel whenever possible' and 'Limit face-to-face meetings to no more than ten (10) workers'; EO 141: 'Individuals are strongly encouraged to telework to the greatest extent permissible by their employer'; indoor face coverings when others present Nov. 25, 2020 to May 14, 2021 (EO 180, 181, 195, 204, 209); Cabinet-agency face coverings from Aug. 2 and vaccination-or-testing from Sept. 1, 2021 (EO 224).

Manufacturing

Not closed; CISA sectors and supply-chain manufacturing under EO 121 sec. 2(C)(2), (26); exempt from the 10 p.m. closure (EO 181 sec. 3.17); face coverings in manufacturing settings from June 26, 2020 (EO 147) to May 14, 2021.

Construction

Not closed; essential infrastructure operations and critical trades under EO 121 sec. 2(C)(5), (15); exempt from the 10 p.m. closure under EO 181 sec. 3.17; face coverings and distancing requirements applied under EO 147, 163, 169, 180.

Real estate

Real estate services (brokerage, appraisal, title) essential (EO 121 sec. 2(C)(25)); residential eviction moratoria May 30 to June 20, 2020 (EO 142) and Oct. 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021 (EO 171, 184, 191, 206); utility shut-off bar Mar. 31 to July 29, 2020 (EO 124, 142); court proceedings including summary ejectment postponed Mar. 13 to June 1, 2020 and Dec. 14, 2020 to Jan. 14, 2021.

Hospitals and long-term care

LTC visitation restricted to compassionate care Mar. 25, 2020 (EO 120 sec. 3); EO 130 (Apr. 8, 2020) waivers and delegations extended through EO 144, 148, 152, 165, 177, 193, 211, 236 to Jan. 5, 2022; DHHS Secretarial Orders on visitation and testing under that chain (NC-073, secondary); face coverings in health care settings to July 30, 2021; monoclonal antibody standing order Sept. 2, 2021 (EO 232); no statewide health-care-worker vaccination mandate.

Dental and elective health care

State Board of Dental Examiners statements of Mar. 16, 18 and 20, 2020 (postpone elective and non-urgent care; emergency care only; definitions of emergency treatment) and Apr. 30, 2020 (resumption); NCDHHS letter of Mar. 20, 2020 requesting all hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to suspend all elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries effective Mar. 23, 2020 (NC-068); face coverings and CDC infection-control requirements in health care settings to July 30, 2021 (EO 215/220 sec. 3.3).

Schools

Closed for students Mar. 16, 2020 (EO 117 sec. 2); through May 15 (EO 120 sec. 4); for the remainder of 2019-20 (EO 138 sec. 4(E); S.L. 2020-3 sec. 2.10 remote instruction required); 2020-21 Plan B/C reopening and face coverings under the StrongSchoolsNC Toolkit (Plan A for K-5 from Oct. 5, 2020, announced Sept. 17, 2020); in-person instruction ordered from Mar. 11, 2021 (S.L. 2021-4); face coverings required in schools through July 30, 2021 (EO 215 sec. 2; EO 220); local board face covering policies with monthly votes from Aug. 30, 2021 (S.L. 2021-130 sec. 10); Toolkit quarantine rules 2021-22 (NC-072); health-assessment deadlines suspended to Nov. 1, 2021 (EO 234).

Child care

Excluded from the mass gathering definition (EO 120 sec. 1(a)(2)); child care regulations waived and emergency child care for essential workers (EO 119, 130, 139); may serve all children from May 14, 2021 but 'must follow all applicable NCDHHS guidelines' (EO 215 sec. 3.1); face coverings per NCDHHS guidelines to July 30, 2021.

Worship and gatherings

Mass gatherings over 100 prohibited Mar. 14, 2020 (EO 117), over 50 Mar. 25 (EO 120), over 10 Mar. 30 (EO 121 sec. 3; EO 138), 10 indoor/25 outdoor May 22 (EO 141), 25/50 Sept. 4 (EO 163), 10/50 Nov. 13, 2020 (EO 176; EO 181), 25/50 Feb. 26, 2021 (EO 195), 50/100 Mar. 26 (EO 204), 100/200 Apr. 30 (EO 209), lifted May 14, 2021 (EO 215); funerals capped at 50 (EO 121 sec. 3(A)(3)); religious entities listed as essential (EO 121 sec. 2(C)(10)).

Courts and public offices

Superior and district court proceedings postponed 30 days Mar. 13, 2020 (ED 1), then to June 1, 2020 (Apr. 2 order); no jury trials from May 21, 2020 (ED 10) with local resumption plans from July 16, 2020 (ED 22); courthouse face coverings July 16, 2020 to May 14, 2021 (ED 21); proceedings postponed and jury trials paused Dec. 14, 2020 to Jan. 14, 2021; all emergency directives ended June 21, 2021 (NC-057) after S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6); DMV credential expirations extended (S.L. 2020-3 sec. 4.7); registers of deeds and DSS ordered to continue operating with precautions (EO 120 sec. 2).

Travel and quarantine

EO 121 sec. 1(2): 'Only travel for Essential Activities as defined herein is permitted' (Mar. 30 to May 8, 2020); night-time travel restriction 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Dec. 11, 2020 to Feb. 26, 2021 (EO 181); face coverings on all public and private transportation, airports, bus and train stations to July 30, 2021 (EO 215/220 sec. 3.4); no statewide traveler quarantine; hours-of-service and size-and-weight waivers for COVID supplies (EO 119 secs. 5-7; chain to EO 230 and 239).

Face coverings

Statewide face coverings June 26, 2020 (EO 147); extended to more settings Sept. 4 and Oct. 2, 2020 (EO 163, 169); tightened Nov. 25, 2020 (EO 180); outdoor requirement lifted Apr. 30, 2021 (EO 209); general mandate lifted May 14, 2021 (EO 215); schools, health care, transportation, corrections and shelters to July 30, 2021 (EO 220); Cabinet-agency unvaccinated workers from Aug. 2, 2021 (EO 224 sec. 4.2); courthouses July 16, 2020 to May 14, 2021 (ED 21); school board policies from Aug. 30, 2021 (S.L. 2021-130 sec. 10).

Vaccination mandates

Cabinet-agency workers: proof of full vaccination or weekly testing from Sept. 1, 2021 (EO 224 sec. 4.1; extended by EO 229, EO 238, EO 253); statewide standing orders for testing and vaccination (EO 224 secs. 2.1-2.2); no statewide health-care-worker or private-employer mandate.

Standing duties

The statutes, codes and penalty provisions of North Carolina that stood before March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter. They are the reason nothing an employer did under the orders was voluntary. Read the North Carolina duties →

North Carolina bound its employers through four standing layers of law that predate March 2020 and ran through every claimable quarter, and the emergency orders themselves wrote the protocols in as conditions of operating. First, the communicable-disease law. G.S. 130A-144(f) commands that 'All persons shall comply with control measures... prescribed by the Commission,' and G.S. 130A-2(7) defines 'person' to include a corporation, company, association or partnership (Exs. DUT-NC-001, DUT-NC-002). The Commission for Public Health's rule 10A NCAC 41A.0201(a) makes the American Public Health Association's control measures 'the required control measures' and provides that 'Guidelines and recommended actions published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall supercede' them 'and are likewise incorporated by reference, including subsequent amendments and editions' (Ex. DUT-NC-007); for an outbreak designated by the State Health Director, the control measures 'shall be those which can reasonably be expected to decrease the risk of transmission' and, for airborne disease, 'shall require physical isolation for the duration of infectivity' (41A.0201(b)). Novel coronavirus infection became immediately reportable by emergency rule effective February 17, 2020 (Ex. DUT-NC-008), which engaged the local health director's duty to investigate and to give control measures (G.S. 130A-144(a), (e); G.S. 130A-41(b)(3), (4), (11), Ex. DUT-NC-010), the State and local quarantine and isolation authority of G.S. 130A-145, and the abatement powers of G.S. 130A-19 and 130A-20 over 'the owner, lessee, operator, or other person in control of the property.' Violation of the Chapter or the Commission's rules is a misdemeanor (G.S. 130A-25(a)), with a special sentence of up to two years for violating G.S. 130A-144(f) or 130A-145 (G.S. 130A-25(b)), and injunction lies under G.S. 130A-18. Second, the Emergency Management Act. G.S. 166A-19.30(c)(1) let the Governor 'impose by declaration prohibitions and restrictions' of the types listed in G.S. 166A-19.31(b), which include restrictions 'Of the operation of offices, business establishments, and other places to or from which people may travel or at which they may congregate' (Exs. DUT-NC-003, DUT-NC-012), and 'Any person who violates any provision of a declaration or executive order issued pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor in accordance with G.S. 14-288.20A' (G.S. 166A-19.30(d); G.S. 14-288.20A(2), Ex. DUT-NC-004). Every order in the library recites that penalty (e.g., Exs. NC-005 § 6, NC-010 § 13, NC-011 § 15, NC-029 § 10, NC-031 § 8). The Supreme Court of North Carolina has described the Act as granting the Governor 'the ability to impose significant restrictions or prohibitions on otherwise permissible activity during states of emergency' and to restrict the operation of business establishments (Ex. DUT-NC-019), and the Ace Speedway litigation shows the machinery in use: an imminent-hazard abatement order under G.S. 130A-20 closing a business that hosted gatherings above the EO 141 limit, a June 11, 2020 temporary restraining order and a July 10, 2020 preliminary injunction enforcing it (Exs. DUT-NC-017, DUT-NC-018). Third, the workplace duty. North Carolina runs its own OSHA plan; G.S. 95-129(1) requires each employer to furnish 'a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious injury or serious physical harm to his employees,' and G.S. 95-129(2) requires compliance with every adopted standard (Ex. DUT-NC-005); 13 NCAC 07F.0101 incorporates 29 C.F.R. Part 1910 by reference and was 'Amended Eff. July 21, 2021 as an emergency temporary standard' to adopt the federal COVID-19 Healthcare ETS verbatim, repealed effective March 4, 2022 (Exs. DUT-NC-009, DUT-NC-016). The Department of Labor identified the general duty clause and the PPE, respiratory-protection, sanitation, bloodborne-pathogen and hazard-communication standards as the standards applicable to occupational exposure to COVID-19 and adopted OSHA's Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for use in North Carolina, reading 'Section 5(a)(1) - General Duty Clause' as 'NCGS 95-129(1)' (Exs. DUT-NC-014, DUT-NC-015). Fourth, the liability shields. S.L. 2020-3 § 4.14 (G.S. 66-460, Ex. NC-034) gave essential businesses immunity from COVID-19 claims from March 27, 2020 unless the injury 'were caused by an act or omission... constituting gross negligence, reckless misconduct, or intentional infliction of harm,' and S.L. 2020-89 (G.S. 99E-71, Ex. DUT-NC-006) extended limited immunity to every person from July 2, 2020 while commanding that 'Every person shall provide, with respect to any premises... under the person's possession, custody, or control, reasonable notice of actions taken by the person for the purpose of reducing the risk of transmission of COVID-19 to individuals present on the premises.' The legislature thereby presupposed that every occupier of premises was taking risk-reduction actions and made public notice of them a statutory duty. Fifth, the orders wrote the protocols in as conditions of operating: retail businesses 'must' limit occupancy, mark spacing, disinfect, screen workers daily and send symptomatic workers home (EO 138 § 3(B), Ex. NC-010); every establishment open to the public 'must follow' the Core Signage, Screening, and Sanitation Requirements (EO 141 § 1(2), Ex. NC-011, carried to EO 204 App. A, Ex. NC-027); retail businesses, restaurants and personal-care businesses 'must have all workers wear Face Coverings,' with citations 'written only to businesses or organizations that fail to enforce the requirement' (EO 147 §§ 3.5(B), (F), Ex. NC-013); child-care facilities and camps 'must follow all applicable NCDHHS guidelines' (EO 141 § 12, EO 215 §§ 3.1-3.2, Exs. NC-011, NC-029). Where the State chose a recommendation it said so ('are strongly encouraged to' in EO 138 § 3(D); 'encouraged to follow the Guidelines for Businesses published by NCDHHS' in the recitals of EO 163 and EO 169; 'strongly encouraged, at a minimum, to follow the measures in the NCDHHS guidance' in EO 224 § 3), and those recommendations are recorded here as recommendations; their legal force in North Carolina came from 41A.0201(a), which made CDC guidance the required control measure, from G.S. 95-129(1), and from the orders' own mandatory clauses.

By character

3 Adjudication
3 Sanitary code duty
3 Statutory duty
2 Guidance incorporated
2 Order penalty
1 Agency position statement
1 Covid workplace rule
1 Liability shield condition
1 Recommendation only
1 Statutory authority
1 Workplace duty

Exhibits

Ex. DUT-NC-001 Ex. DUT-NC-002 Ex. DUT-NC-003 Ex. DUT-NC-004 Ex. DUT-NC-005 Ex. DUT-NC-006 Ex. DUT-NC-007 Ex. DUT-NC-008 Ex. DUT-NC-009 Ex. DUT-NC-010 Ex. DUT-NC-011 Ex. DUT-NC-012 Ex. DUT-NC-013 Ex. DUT-NC-014 Ex. DUT-NC-015 Ex. DUT-NC-016 Ex. DUT-NC-017 Ex. DUT-NC-018 Ex. DUT-NC-019

The North Carolina duties, read in full 19 duty records in the Library →

On the calendar

Every dated instrument in the North Carolina file across the nineteen months from March 2020 through September 2021, in the order it took effect. A bar takes the color of the instrument's first limitation type and runs from its effective month through its end month; a fading edge marks an instrument whose end the record does not date. Point at a bar for its dates; open the bar for the record.

Emergency declaration 2Stay-at-home 5Business closure 18Telework mandate 3Capacity limit 18Gathering cap 20Face-covering requirement 23Travel and quarantine 7Schools and child care 14Health care orders 23Curfew and hours 5Alcohol and bars 14Events and venues 1Courts and public offices 15Workplace rules 12Vaccination or testing 4Quarantine and isolation 2Supply chain 3Other 9

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Ex. NC-001 Executive Order No. 116Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 10, 2020

Executive Order No. 116

Ex. NC-070 Bulletin 20-B-04Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey · Mar. 10, 2020

Bulletin 20-B-04

Ex. NC-049 Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and…Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of… · Mar. 13, 2020

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-002 Executive Order No. 117Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 14, 2020

Executive Order No. 117

Ex. NC-050 Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020Chief Justice Cheri Beasley · Mar. 16, 2020

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-003 Executive Order No. 118Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 17, 2020

Executive Order No. 118

Ex. NC-044 Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 16, 2020)North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners · Mar. 17, 2020

Board statement on dental…

Ex. NC-067 Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March…Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy… · Mar. 17, 2020

Order of Abatement of…

Ex. NC-045 Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners · Mar. 18, 2020

Board statement on dental…

Ex. NC-039 Executive Order No. 119Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 20, 2020

Executive Order No. 119

Ex. NC-046 COVID-19 Definitions of Emergency Treatment (March 20, 2020)North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners · Mar. 20, 2020

COVID-19 Definitions of…

Ex. NC-048 NCDHHS COVID-19 guidance update for dental settings (March 20, 2020)NCDHHS (circulated by the State Board of Dental… · Mar. 20, 2020

NCDHHS COVID-19 guidance…

Ex. NC-068 NCDHHS letter to hospital and ambulatory surgery center leaders, March…Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy… · Mar. 23, 2020

NCDHHS letter to hospital…

Ex. NC-004 Executive Order No. 120Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 25, 2020

Executive Order No. 120

Ex. NC-043 Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-06Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey · Mar. 27, 2020

Order of the Commissioner of…

Ex. NC-005 Executive Order No. 121Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 30, 2020

Executive Order No. 121

Ex. NC-006 Executive Order No. 124Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 31, 2020

Executive Order No. 124

Ex. NC-051 Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7)Chief Justice Cheri Beasley · Apr. 2, 2020

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-007 Executive Order No. 130Governor Roy Cooper · Apr. 8, 2020

Executive Order No. 130

Ex. NC-008 Executive Order No. 131Governor Roy Cooper · Apr. 13, 2020

Executive Order No. 131

Ex. NC-040 Executive Order No. 133Governor Roy Cooper · Apr. 17, 2020

Executive Order No. 133

Ex. NC-009 Executive Order No. 135Governor Roy Cooper · Apr. 23, 2020

Executive Order No. 135

Ex. NC-069 Extended Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-07Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey · Apr. 27, 2020

Extended Order of the…

Ex. NC-047 Statement on providing dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic…North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners · Apr. 30, 2020

Statement on providing…

Ex. NC-034 S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7General Assembly of North Carolina · May 4, 2020

S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10…

Ex. NC-010 Executive Order No. 138Governor Roy Cooper · May 8, 2020

Executive Order No. 138

Ex. NC-041 Executive Order No. 139Governor Roy Cooper · May 12, 2020

Executive Order No. 139

Ex. NC-011 Executive Order No. 141Governor Roy Cooper · May 22, 2020

Executive Order No. 141

Ex. NC-012 Executive Order No. 142Governor Roy Cooper · May 30, 2020

Executive Order No. 142

Ex. NC-052 Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16)Chief Justice Cheri Beasley · June 1, 2020

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-042 Executive Order No. 144Governor Roy Cooper · June 5, 2020

Executive Order No. 144

Ex. NC-013 Executive Order No. 147Governor Roy Cooper · June 26, 2020

Executive Order No. 147

Ex. NC-053 Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and…Chief Justice Cheri Beasley · July 16, 2020

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-014 Executive Order No. 151Governor Roy Cooper · July 17, 2020

Executive Order No. 151

Ex. NC-015 Executive Order No. 153Governor Roy Cooper · July 31, 2020

Executive Order No. 153

Ex. NC-016 Executive Order No. 155Governor Roy Cooper · Aug. 7, 2020

Executive Order No. 155

Ex. NC-035 Executive Order No. 162Governor Roy Cooper · Aug. 31, 2020

Executive Order No. 162

Ex. NC-017 Executive Order No. 163Governor Roy Cooper · Sept. 4, 2020

Executive Order No. 163

Ex. NC-073 NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and…Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy… · Sept. 4, 2020

NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on…

Ex. NC-018 Executive Order No. 169Governor Roy Cooper · Oct. 2, 2020

Executive Order No. 169

Ex. NC-019 Executive Order No. 170Governor Roy Cooper · Oct. 23, 2020

Executive Order No. 170

Ex. NC-020 Executive Order No. 171Governor Roy Cooper · Oct. 30, 2020

Executive Order No. 171

Ex. NC-021 Executive Order No. 176Governor Roy Cooper · Nov. 13, 2020

Executive Order No. 176

Ex. NC-022 Executive Order No. 180Governor Roy Cooper · Nov. 25, 2020

Executive Order No. 180

Ex. NC-023 Executive Order No. 181Governor Roy Cooper · Dec. 11, 2020

Executive Order No. 181

Ex. NC-054 Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives…Chief Justice Cheri Beasley · Dec. 14, 2020

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-036 Executive Order No. 183Governor Roy Cooper · Dec. 21, 2020

Executive Order No. 183

Ex. NC-037 Executive Order No. 184Governor Roy Cooper · Dec. 31, 2020

Executive Order No. 184

Ex. NC-024 Executive Order No. 188Governor Roy Cooper · Jan. 8, 2021

Executive Order No. 188

Ex. NC-025 Executive Order No. 189Governor Roy Cooper · Jan. 29, 2021

Executive Order No. 189

Ex. NC-064 Executive Order No. 193Governor Roy Cooper · Feb. 9, 2021

Executive Order No. 193

Ex. NC-026 Executive Order No. 195Governor Roy Cooper · Feb. 26, 2021

Executive Order No. 195

Ex. NC-033 S.L. 2021-4General Assembly of North Carolina · Mar. 11, 2021

S.L. 2021-4

Ex. NC-027 Executive Order No. 204Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 26, 2021

Executive Order No. 204

Ex. NC-038 Executive Order No. 206Governor Roy Cooper · Mar. 31, 2021

Executive Order No. 206

Ex. NC-028 Executive Order No. 209Governor Roy Cooper · Apr. 30, 2021

Executive Order No. 209

Ex. NC-065 Executive Order No. 211Governor Roy Cooper · May 10, 2021

Executive Order No. 211

Ex. NC-029 Executive Order No. 215Governor Roy Cooper · May 14, 2021

Executive Order No. 215

Ex. NC-055 Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May…Chief Justice Paul Newby · May 14, 2021

Modification of the 10 May…

Ex. NC-056 Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021)Chief Justice Paul Newby · June 7, 2021

Order of the Chief Justice…

Ex. NC-030 Executive Order No. 220Governor Roy Cooper · June 11, 2021

Executive Order No. 220

Ex. NC-071 S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6)General Assembly of North Carolina · June 18, 2021

S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6)

Ex. NC-057 21 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief JusticeChief Justice Paul Newby · June 21, 2021

21 June 2021 Revocation of…

Ex. NC-031 Executive Order No. 224Governor Roy Cooper · July 29, 2021

Executive Order No. 224

Ex. NC-072 StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance…North Carolina Department of Health and Human… · July 30, 2021

StrongSchoolsNC Public…

Ex. NC-032 S.L. 2021-130, sec. 10General Assembly of North Carolina · Aug. 30, 2021

S.L. 2021-130, sec. 10

Ex. NC-058 Executive Order No. 229Governor Roy Cooper · Aug. 31, 2021

Executive Order No. 229

Ex. NC-066 Executive Order No. 230Governor Roy Cooper · Aug. 31, 2021

Executive Order No. 230

Ex. NC-059 Executive Order No. 232Governor Roy Cooper · Sept. 2, 2021

Executive Order No. 232

Ex. NC-060 Executive Order No. 234Governor Roy Cooper · Sept. 24, 2021

Executive Order No. 234

Ex. NC-061 Executive Order No. 236Governor Roy Cooper · Oct. 4, 2021

Executive Order No. 236

Ex. NC-062 Executive Order No. 238Governor Roy Cooper · Nov. 29, 2021

Executive Order No. 238

Ex. NC-063 Executive Order No. 267Governor Roy Cooper · Aug. 15, 2022

Executive Order No. 267

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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Level	Effective	End	Quarters	Limitations	Source	File
Ex. NC-001	Executive Order No. 116Declaration of a State of Emergency to Coordinate Response and Protective Actions to Prevent the Spread of…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 10, 2020	Aug. 15, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. NC-070	Bulletin 20-B-04Protective Actions to Prevent COVID-19 - NC Operations (Expired)	Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey	Sector regulator	Mar. 10, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read	PDF 115 KB
Ex. NC-049	Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2)Order of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina (COVID-19)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina	Court	Mar. 13, 2020	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 84 KB
Ex. NC-002	Executive Order No. 117Prohibiting Mass Gatherings and Directing the Statewide Closure of K-12 Public Schools to Limit the Spread of…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 14, 2020	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 908 KB
Ex. NC-050	Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020Order of the Chief Justice (extension of filing deadlines and time computations)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	Court	Mar. 16, 2020	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 84 KB
Ex. NC-003	Executive Order No. 118Limiting Operations of Restaurants and Bars and Broadening Unemployment Insurance Benefits in Response to…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-044	Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 16, 2020)Statement regarding dental practices and COVID-19	North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners	Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 69 KB
Ex. NC-067	Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020Abatement order requiring restaurants and bars to limit food and beverage sales to carry-out, drive-through…	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen	Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	May 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. NC-045	Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 18, 2020)Board Statement regarding dental practices and COVID-19 issued on March 18	North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners	Sector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 56 KB
Ex. NC-039	Executive Order No. 119Facilitating Critical Motor Vehicle Operations and Delegating Authority to the Secretary of the Department of…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 20, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Travel and quarantineSchools and child careCourts and public officesSupply chain	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-046	COVID-19 Definitions of Emergency Treatment (March 20, 2020)COVID-19 Definitions of Emergency Treatment	North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners	Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 100 KB
Ex. NC-048	NCDHHS COVID-19 guidance update for dental settings (March 20, 2020)Information we were asked to share by the Department of Health and Human Services (COVID-19 guidance update)	NCDHHS (circulated by the State Board of Dental Examiners)	Sector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 210 KB
Ex. NC-068	NCDHHS letter to hospital and ambulatory surgery center leaders, March 20, 2020Request to suspend all elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries effective March 23, 2020	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen	Sector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 242 KB
Ex. NC-004	Executive Order No. 120Additional Limitations on Mass Gatherings, Restrictions on Venues and Long Term Care Facilities, and Extension…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 25, 2020	May 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-043	Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-06COVID-19 Pandemic (activation of the disaster provisions of G.S. 58-2-46 for all 100 counties)	Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey	Sector regulator	Mar. 27, 2020	Apr. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 746 KB
Ex. NC-005	Executive Order No. 121Stay at Home Order and Strategic Directions for North Carolina in Response to Increasing COVID-19 Cases	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 30, 2020	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read	PDF 2.2 MB
Ex. NC-006	Executive Order No. 124Assisting North Carolinians by Prohibiting Utility Shut-Offs, Late Fees, and Reconnection Fees; Providing…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 31, 2020	July 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Other	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. NC-051	Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 1 through 7)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	Court	Apr. 2, 2020	May 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 105 KB
Ex. NC-007	Executive Order No. 130Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Apr. 8, 2020	Aug. 8, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.5 MB
Ex. NC-008	Executive Order No. 131Additional Limitations on Retail Establishments; Long Term Care Facility Requirements; and Unemployment…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Apr. 13, 2020	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.4 MB
Ex. NC-040	Executive Order No. 133Extending Certain Transportation-Related Provisions in Previous Executive Orders	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Apr. 17, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Travel and quarantineSupply chain	Primary source read	PDF 756 KB
Ex. NC-009	Executive Order No. 135Extension of Executive Orders 118, 120, 121, and 131 (Stay at Home Order extended)	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Apr. 23, 2020	May 8, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read	PDF 838 KB
Ex. NC-069	Extended Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-07COVID-19 Extended Deferral Period	Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey	Sector regulator	Apr. 27, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 581 KB
Ex. NC-047	Statement on providing dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 30, 2020)Statement on providing dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic adopted by the Board	North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners	Sector regulator	Apr. 30, 2020	June 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 71 KB
Ex. NC-034	S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7COVID-19 Recovery Act (remote instruction for 2019-20; Remote Instruction Plans for 2020-21; DMV credential…	General Assembly of North Carolina	State	May 4, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Schools and child careCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 545 KB
Ex. NC-010	Executive Order No. 138Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1	Governor Roy Cooper	State	May 8, 2020	May 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.6 MB
Ex. NC-041	Executive Order No. 139Meeting North Carolina's Health and Human Services Needs (public health, Medicaid, child care and licensing…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	May 12, 2020	Jan. 5, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. NC-011	Executive Order No. 141Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 2	Governor Roy Cooper	State	May 22, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 2.0 MB
Ex. NC-012	Executive Order No. 142Temporary Prohibitions on Evictions and Extending the Prohibition on Utility Shut-Offs	Governor Roy Cooper	State	May 30, 2020	June 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. NC-052	Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16)Order of the Chief Justice (Emergency Directives 9 through 16; no jury trials)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	Court	June 1, 2020	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Courts and public officesWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 96 KB
Ex. NC-042	Executive Order No. 144Extension of Executive Order No. 130 (Health and Human Services Provisions)	Governor Roy Cooper	State	June 5, 2020	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 1.8 MB
Ex. NC-013	Executive Order No. 147Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (statewide face coverings)	Governor Roy Cooper	State	June 26, 2020	July 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-053	Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22)Order Issuing Emergency Directives 21 and 22 (face coverings in court facilities; jury trial resumption plans)	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	Court	July 16, 2020	May 14, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 96 KB
Ex. NC-014	Executive Order No. 151Extension of Phase 2 Order	Governor Roy Cooper	State	July 17, 2020	Aug. 7, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 747 KB
Ex. NC-015	Executive Order No. 153Restricting Late Night Service of Alcoholic Beverages	Governor Roy Cooper	State	July 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-016	Executive Order No. 155Extension of Phase 2 Order	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Aug. 7, 2020	Sept. 11, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 927 KB
Ex. NC-035	Executive Order No. 162Extending Restrictions on Late Night Service of Alcoholic Beverages	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Aug. 31, 2020	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 780 KB
Ex. NC-017	Executive Order No. 163Extension of Phase 2 Order with Modifications: Phase 2.5	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Sept. 4, 2020	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 2.2 MB
Ex. NC-073	NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020)Secretarial Orders governing visitation, testing and infection control at nursing homes and adult care homes…	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen	Sector regulator	Sept. 4, 2020	Sept. 30, 2021	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source	Source
Ex. NC-018	Executive Order No. 169Easing Restrictions: Phase 3	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Oct. 2, 2020	Oct. 23, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read	PDF 14 MB
Ex. NC-019	Executive Order No. 170Extension of Phase 3 Order	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Oct. 23, 2020	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.3 MB
Ex. NC-020	Executive Order No. 171Assisting North Carolinians at Risk of Eviction	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Oct. 30, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesOther	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. NC-021	Executive Order No. 176Extension of Phase 3 Order with Reduced Indoor Mass Gathering Limit	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Nov. 13, 2020	Dec. 4, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 998 KB
Ex. NC-022	Executive Order No. 180Additional Face Covering Requirements and Extension of Phase 3	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Nov. 25, 2020	Dec. 11, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 2.1 MB
Ex. NC-023	Executive Order No. 181Implementing a Modified Stay at Home Order and Requiring Night-Time Business Closures	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Dec. 11, 2020	Jan. 8, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 2.7 MB
Ex. NC-054	Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22)Order Extending Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22 (Emergency Directive 1 reinstated; jury trials…	Chief Justice Cheri Beasley	Court	Dec. 14, 2020	May 7, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 125 KB
Ex. NC-036	Executive Order No. 183Authorizing Delivery and Carry-Out of Mixed Beverages; Curbside Pickup and Delivery of Health Care Goods and…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Dec. 21, 2020	June 30, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-037	Executive Order No. 184Extension of Executive Order No. 171 (Evictions) and Unemployment Insurance Claims Provisions	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-024	Executive Order No. 188Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Jan. 8, 2021	Jan. 29, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. NC-025	Executive Order No. 189Further Extension of the Modified Stay at Home Order	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Jan. 29, 2021	Feb. 28, 2021	2021 Q1	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 990 KB
Ex. NC-064	Executive Order No. 193Extending Certain Health and Human Services Provisions in Previous Executive Orders and Delegation of…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Feb. 9, 2021	May 10, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 1.2 MB
Ex. NC-026	Executive Order No. 195Lifting the Modified Stay at Home Order and Easing Certain COVID-19 Restrictions	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Feb. 26, 2021	Mar. 26, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read	PDF 3.1 MB
Ex. NC-033	S.L. 2021-4An Act to Provide Access to In-Person Learning for Students in North Carolina	General Assembly of North Carolina	State	Mar. 11, 2021	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 135 KB
Ex. NC-027	Executive Order No. 204Further Easing of COVID-19 Restrictions	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 26, 2021	Apr. 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 2.3 MB
Ex. NC-038	Executive Order No. 206Extension of, and Updates to, Executive Order No. 171 (Evictions Moratorium)	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Mar. 31, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Other	Primary source read	PDF 4.2 MB
Ex. NC-028	Executive Order No. 209Easing Statewide Restrictions	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Apr. 30, 2021	June 1, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirement	Primary source read	PDF 2.8 MB
Ex. NC-065	Executive Order No. 211Extending Certain Health and Human Services Provisions in Previous Executive Orders and Delegations of…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	May 10, 2021	Aug. 8, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 1.0 MB
Ex. NC-029	Executive Order No. 215Lifting Certain COVID-19 Restrictions and Continuing Face Covering Requirements in Certain Settings	Governor Roy Cooper	State	May 14, 2021	June 11, 2021	2021 Q2	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.1 MB
Ex. NC-055	Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May 2021)Modification eliminating Emergency Directive 21 (face coverings)	Chief Justice Paul Newby	Court	May 14, 2021	June 6, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 71 KB
Ex. NC-056	Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021)Order Extending Emergency Directives (Emergency Directives 3 and 5 and related tools)	Chief Justice Paul Newby	Court	June 7, 2021	July 4, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 90 KB
Ex. NC-030	Executive Order No. 220Extension of Executive Order No. 215 (face covering requirements in certain settings)	Governor Roy Cooper	State	June 11, 2021	July 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read	PDF 1.2 MB
Ex. NC-071	S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6)An Act to Make Various Changes and Technical Corrections to the Laws Governing the Administration of Justice…	General Assembly of North Carolina	State	June 18, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 209 KB
Ex. NC-057	21 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief JusticeRevocation of the 7 June 2021 Order (no more Emergency Directives)	Chief Justice Paul Newby	Court	June 21, 2021	June 30, 2021	2021 Q2	Courts and public offices	Primary source read	PDF 70 KB
Ex. NC-031	Executive Order No. 224Implementing Measures to Address COVID-19 and Related Variants	Governor Roy Cooper	State	July 29, 2021	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 1.2 MB
Ex. NC-072	StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021StrongSchoolsNC: Public Health Toolkit (K-12) Interim Guidance	North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services	Sector regulator	July 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read	PDF 871 KB
Ex. NC-032	S.L. 2021-130, sec. 10An Act to Make Various Changes to Education Laws (Part X, Local Face Covering Policies)	General Assembly of North Carolina	State	Aug. 30, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 171 KB
Ex. NC-058	Executive Order No. 229Extending Measures to Facilitate Vaccine Administration, COVID-19 Testing, and the Vaccine Verification Policy…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Aug. 31, 2021	Nov. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 662 KB
Ex. NC-066	Executive Order No. 230Extending Transportation-Related Provisions in Previous Executive Orders	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Aug. 31, 2021	Nov. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Travel and quarantineSupply chain	Primary source read	PDF 685 KB
Ex. NC-059	Executive Order No. 232Directing the Issuance of a Statewide Standing Order to Expand Access to Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Sept. 2, 2021	Sept. 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 729 KB
Ex. NC-060	Executive Order No. 234Providing Flexibility in Certain Health Assessments and Immunization Requirements Due to Impacts of the…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Sept. 24, 2021	Nov. 1, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child care	Primary source read	PDF 823 KB
Ex. NC-061	Executive Order No. 236Extending Certain Health and Human Services Provisions in Previous Executive Orders and Delegations of…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Oct. 4, 2021	Jan. 5, 2022		Health care orders	Primary source read	PDF 765 KB
Ex. NC-062	Executive Order No. 238Further Extending Measures to Facilitate Vaccine Administration, COVID-19 Testing, and the Vaccine…	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Nov. 29, 2021	Jan. 5, 2022		Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read	PDF 729 KB
Ex. NC-063	Executive Order No. 267Termination of the COVID-19 State of Emergency	Governor Roy Cooper	State	Aug. 15, 2022	—		Emergency declaration	Primary source read	PDF 638 KB
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Metros in North Carolina

The metropolitan files whose counties and cities lie in North Carolina. Each holds the local orders that ran alongside, and often ahead of, the State's. All forty metros →

Charlotte, Raleigh and DurhamCLT · 55 instruments · 26 in force in 2021 Q3County and municipal instruments of the Charlotte metropolitan area (Mecklenburg County, City of Charlotte, the six Mecklenburg towns) and of the Research Triangle (Wake…

Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 116 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-001)
Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Bulletin 20-B-04 (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-070)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Order of the Chief Justice, 13 March 2020 (Emergency Directives 1 and 2) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NC-049)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 117 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-002)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 19 March 2020 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. NC-050)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 118 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-003)
North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 16, 2020) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. NC-044)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-067)
North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, Board statement on dental practices and COVID-19 (March 18, 2020) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. NC-045)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 119 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-039)
North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, COVID-19 Definitions of Emergency Treatment (March 20, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-046)
NCDHHS (circulated by the State Board of Dental Examiners), NCDHHS COVID-19 guidance update for dental settings (March 20, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-048)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS letter to hospital and ambulatory surgery center leaders, March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-068)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-004)
Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-06 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. NC-043)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 121 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. NC-005)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 124 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-006)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 2 April 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-7) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. NC-051)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 130 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-007)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 131 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. NC-008)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 133 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-040)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 135 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-009)
Commissioner of Insurance Mike Causey, Extended Order of the Commissioner of Insurance and Bulletin 20-B-07 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. NC-069)
North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, Statement on providing dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 30, 2020) (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-047)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2020-3, secs. 2.10, 2.11, 4.7 (May 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-034)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-010)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 139 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. NC-041)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 141 (May 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-011)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 142 (May 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-012)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 21 May 2020 (Emergency Directives 9-16) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-052)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 144 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-042)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 147 (June 24, 2020) (Ex. NC-013)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 16 July 2020 (Emergency Directives 21 and 22) (July 16, 2020) (Ex. NC-053)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 151 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. NC-014)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 153 (July 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-015)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 155 (Aug. 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-016)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 162 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-035)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 163 (Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. NC-017)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-073)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 169 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-018)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 170 (Oct. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-019)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 171 (Oct. 28, 2020) (Ex. NC-020)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 176 (Nov. 10, 2020) (Ex. NC-021)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 180 (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-022)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-023)
Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Order of the Chief Justice, 14 December 2020 (Emergency Directives 1-5, 8-15, 18, 20-22) (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. NC-054)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 183 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-036)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 184 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-037)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 188 (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. NC-024)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 189 (Jan. 27, 2021) (Ex. NC-025)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 193 (Feb. 9, 2021) (Ex. NC-064)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 195 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-026)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2021-4 (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. NC-033)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 204 (Mar. 23, 2021) (Ex. NC-027)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 206 (Mar. 30, 2021) (Ex. NC-038)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 209 (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. NC-028)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 211 (May 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-065)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 215 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. NC-029)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Modification of the 10 May 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (14 May 2021) (May 14, 2021) (Ex. NC-055)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, Order of the Chief Justice, 4 June 2021 (effective 7 June 2021) (June 4, 2021) (Ex. NC-056)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 220 (June 11, 2021) (Ex. NC-030)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2021-47 (G.S. 7A-49.6) (June 18, 2021) (Ex. NC-071)
Chief Justice Paul Newby, 21 June 2021 Revocation of the 7 June 2021 Order of the Chief Justice (June 21, 2021) (Ex. NC-057)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 224 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. NC-031)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-072)
General Assembly of North Carolina, S.L. 2021-130, sec. 10 (Aug. 30, 2021) (Ex. NC-032)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 229 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. NC-058)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 230 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. NC-066)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 232 (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. NC-059)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 234 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-060)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 236 (Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. NC-061)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 238 (Nov. 29, 2021) (Ex. NC-062)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 267 (Aug. 15, 2022) (Ex. NC-063)