{"id":"ND-027","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Doug Burgum","authority":"N.D. Const. art. V, sec. 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-27 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit)","title":"Early childhood services: licensing inspection, staff-training and operating requirements suspended; Department of Human Services Modified Operating Procedures made a condition of operating","dateIssued":"2020-04-10","effective":"2020-04-02","end":"Terminated by EO 2020-44 (Dec. 18, 2020)","startDate":"2020-04-02","endDate":"2020-12-18","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["SCH","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["licensed and self-declared child care providers","Department of Human Services"],"clause":"hereby temporarily suspends the licensure requirements related to inspections and staff training, and certain operating requirements for early childhood services as defined in North Dakota Century Code (NDCC) Chapter 50-11.1... The Department of Human Services has established Modified Operating Procedures that must be followed by all participating self-declared and licensed child care providers operating during the COVID-19 pandemic... the Modified Operating Procedures require the participating child care centers to adopt practices that include, without limitation, social distancing practices, standards relating to hygiene and sanitation, congregate meals and group gatherings, and staffing adjustments necessitated by the revised standards and daily health screenings of children and adults upon entering the child care location","enforcement":"Condition of participation in the child care emergency operations grant program; suspension of rules","functions":["EC child care (ratios, cohorts, screening)","WF workforce dependent on child care"],"notes":"North Dakota did not close child care; it re-regulated it. Recital: \u0027child care services are necessary to support and maintain an essential critical infrastructure workforce\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/executive-orders/Executive%20Order%202020-27.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":133461,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DUT-ND","url":"/library/ND-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-027","citation":"Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-27 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. ND-027)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-013","ND-038"]}