{"id":"SC-004","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Henry McMaster","authority":"S.C. Code §§ 1-3-410, 1-3-420, 25-1-440, 25-1-450, 41-35-110(4), 11-35-1570; Regs. 61-15, 61-16, 61-112","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-11","title":"Additional Emergency Measures and Regulatory Relief re COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-20 (State-employee directive), \u0027until further notice\u0027","end":"Telework directive re-enacted in EO 2020-50 § 9, 2020-63, 2020-73 and 2021-11 § 8; ended by EO 2021-12 § 5(D) (Mar. 5, 2021) ordering return plans","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-03-05","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["TELE","CRT","HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["all State agencies, departments and offices under the Governor\u0027s authority and their non-essential employees","counties and municipalities (bar on closing State facilities)","DEW","DHEC","hospitals"],"clause":"I hereby direct that all non-essential employees and staff of the State of South Carolina, as described below, shall not report to work, physically or in-person, effective Friday, March 20, 2020, and until further notice.... state agencies and departments shall utilize, to the maximum extent possible, telecommuting or work-from-home options for non-essential employees and staff.... I hereby prohibit any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State of South Carolina from closing any location or facility that is occupied or utilized, in whole or in part, by any agency, department, official, or employee of the State.","enforcement":"§§ 1-3-410, 25-1-440, 25-1-450 (directive to political subdivisions); administrative direction to agency heads through the Department of Administration","functions":["OF/OP office and administration (State workforce removed from workplaces)","CT courts, agencies, recorders and licensing counters (State counters closed to non-essential staff)","CB State-agency customers of contractors, vendors and lessors","IP hospital capacity (bed and CON rules suspended)"],"notes":"The operative telework words for South Carolina\u0027s public sector; § 2 waived the unemployment waiting week for claims Mar. 15 - Apr. 18, 2020; § 4 suspended Regs. 61-15 and 61-16 limits on unlicensed beds and room conversion and the CON monetary thresholds.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.sc.gov/sites/governor/files/Documents/Executive-Orders/2020-03-19%20FINAL%20Executive%20Order%20No.%202020-11%20-%20Additional%20Emergency%20Measures%20%26%20Regulatory%20Relief%20re%20COVID-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":124751,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-004","citation":"Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-11 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SC-004)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-005","SC-003","SC-006","SC-002","SC-001","SC-007","SC-008","SC-009","SC-010","SC-012","SC-011","SC-013"]}