{"id":"GA-017","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Brian P. Kemp","authority":"O.C.G.A. 38-3-51(c)(4), (d)(1), (i), (j); 31-2A-4(9); 38-3-7","instrument":"Executive Order 04.20.20.01","title":"Providing flexibility for healthcare practices, moving certain businesses to minimum operations, and providing for emergency response","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20 upon signature (personal-care and fitness reopening Apr. 24, 2020)","end":"conclusion of the PHE (July 1, 2021), as superseded in part by later Empowering orders","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","CAP","GATH","HC","EMP","TELE"],"addressees":["medical, dental, orthodontic, optometry, physical therapy practices, ambulatory surgical centers, elective surgeons, health care institutions","gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, hair designers, massage therapists","all businesses (gathering rule)","county boards of health"],"clause":"That all medical practices, dental practices, orthodontics practices, optometry practices, physical therapists, ambulatory surgical centers, physicians performing elective surgeries, healthcare institutions, medical facilities, and any and all other healthcare-related practices and services that have elected to cease operations because of the spread of COVID-19 should begin treating patients as soon as practicable in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines, and the provisions of this Order... That all gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios..., businesses registered pursuant to Code Sections 43-10-11 and 43-10-18, estheticians..., hair designers..., and persons licensed to practice massage therapy... may begin in-person Minimum Basic Operations on Friday, April 24, 2020. All such businesses shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19. Such measures shall include: [twenty enumerated measures, including] 8. Implementing teleworking for all possible workers; 9. Implementing staggered shifts for all possible workers; 10. Holding all meetings and conferences virtually, wherever possible... 16. Enforcing social distancing of non-cohabitating persons... 20. Increasing physical space between workers\u0027 worksites to at least six (6) feet.","enforcement":"Failure to comply with State Health Officer testing orders a misdemeanor under 38-3-7; DPH authorized to override county boards of health; enforcement of any county or municipal order \u0027more or less restrictive than this Order\u0027 suspended","functions":["SL salons and barbers (reopened under conditions)","FC gyms and bowling (reopened under conditions)","PR elective procedures (practices that had ceased told to resume under CDC and CMS guidelines)","OF telework and virtual meetings as mandatory measures","GATH ten-person cap","HR EMS workers as auxiliary emergency workers"],"notes":"Adopted CISA Guidance version 3.0 (Apr. 17, 2020) as Critical Infrastructure; the ten-person gathering rule continued \u0027consistent with previous Executive Orders\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2020-executive-order/04202001/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":271248,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"GA","url":"/library/GA-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/GA-017","citation":"Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.20.20.01 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. GA-017)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["DUT-GA-006","SEC-20-GM-037","GA-002","GA-016","GA-019","GA-020","GA-014","GA-015","GA-018","GA-012","GA-013","GA-010"]}