{"id":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-044","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"Department of Defense (all installation and unit commanders)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"DEFENSE-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper","authority":"DoDI 6200.03","instrument":"Memorandum, Guidance for Commanders on Risk-Based Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic (May 19, 2020)","title":"Guidance for Commanders on Risk-Based Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During the COVID-19 Pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-05-19","effective":"2020-05-19","end":"Open; referenced by the Pentagon HPCON memoranda through Sept. 2021 (Exs. 052, 083, 115)","startDate":"2020-05-19","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","EMP","CAP","GATH"],"addressees":["Commanders","Secretaries of the Military Departments","Chief Management Officer"],"clause":"Commanders, in consultation with their medical leadership, shall exercise their authority by making deliberate, risk-based decisions to change HPCON levels as conditions allow... Commanders may set HPCON levels that are more stringent than surrounding communities... Prior to changing HPCON levels, commanders shall ensure the following gating criteria are met and there are no indications that conditions are worsening. The gating criteria... are: Symptoms: Downward trajectory of reported cases of influenza-like and COVID-like illnesses over the preceding 14-day period. Cases: Downward trajectory of documented COVID-19 cases or of positive tests as a percent of total tests over the preceding 14-day period. Medical Facilities: Military Medical Treatment Facilities or local hospitals have the capacity to treat all patients","enforcement":"Commanders\u0027 HPCON declarations control access, gatherings, services and telework on each installation (DoDI 6200.03); coordination with neighboring installations required","functions":["SF on-post retail, food, fitness and MWR closures by HPCON","GATH","OF telework by HPCON","CB base-adjacent businesses and contractors whose access depended on HPCON"],"notes":"The framework under which each installation stayed at Charlie or Bravo for months; incorporated in the travel-restriction criteria (Exs. 047, 057).","sourceUrl":"https://media.defense.gov/2020/May/20/2002303429/-1/-1/1/GUIDANCE-FOR-COMMANDERS-ON-RISK-BASED-CHANGING-OF-HPCON-DURING-COVID-19.PDF","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200611101901/https://media.defense.gov/2020/May/20/2002303429/-1/-1/1/GUIDANCE-FOR-COMMANDERS-ON-RISK-BASED-CHANGING-OF-HPCON-DURING-COVID-19.PDF","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1171060,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-044","citation":"Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper, Memorandum, Guidance for Commanders on Risk-Based Changing of Health Protection Condition Levels During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic (May 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-044)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-047","AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-043","AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-042","AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-135","AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-035"]}