{"id":"DUT-MT-020","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State of Montana, State Emergency Operations Center, Joint Information Center (JIC) (Office of the Governor; hosted at covid19.mt.gov)","authority":"Explains the Directives issued under Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104 and Title 50, ch. 1 (Ex. MT-009, MT-010, MT-012)","instrument":"State of Montana Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions, updated April 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m.","title":"Coronavirus FAQs (General Questions on Directive; Social Distancing Requirements for Essential Businesses; Travel and Quarantine; Essential Business determinations)","dateIssued":"2020-04-14","effective":"2020-04-14 (explaining the Stay at Home Directive as extended through Apr. 24, 2020, Ex. MT-012)","end":"Superseded by the Phase One Directive of Apr. 22, 2020 (Ex. MT-013), effective Apr. 26-27, 2020","startDate":"2020-04-14","endDate":"2020-04-22","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","TRAV","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers; all businesses (essential and non-essential); travelers and lodging operators"],"clause":"This is a public health order that can be legally enforced at local or state levels.... Essential businesses and operations... must take proactive measures to ensure compliance with social distancing requirements... Directive is mandatory, not optional. It can be enforced by DPHHS, the Attorney General, county attorney or other local authorities at the direction of a county attorney.","enforcement":"Restates the Directives\u0027 enforcement recital (50-1-103(2); Attorney General, DPHHS, county attorneys, local authorities)","functions":[],"notes":"The State\u0027s own contemporaneous statement to the public and to businesses that the Directives were \u0027mandatory, not optional\u0027, were public health orders \u0027legally enforced at local or state levels\u0027, that violations were to be reported \u0027to your local county health department or local law enforcement\u0027, and that essential businesses \u0027must take proactive measures\u0027 (signage, six-foot spacing, sanitizer, separate hours for vulnerable customers, remote access); it also answers \u0027Do you have the authority to make a stay at home directive?\u0027 with \u0027Yes. Montana law specifically authorizes these kinds of measures in response to an outbreak of communicable disease.\u0027 Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://covid19.mt.gov/_docs/COVID%20FAQ%204.14.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":316348,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-020","citation":"State of Montana, State Emergency Operations Center, Joint Information Center (JIC) (Office of the Governor; hosted at covid19.mt.gov), State of Montana Coronavirus Frequently Asked Questions, updated April 14, 2020, 10:30 a.m. (Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MT-020)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-013","MT-012","MT-033"]}