{"id":"UT-028","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Utah","state":"UT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gary R. Herbert","authority":"Utah Code 53-2a-206(1), 53-2a-102(5), (13)","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-72","title":"Declaring a State of Emergency Due to Rising COVID-19 Case Counts Creating a Shortage of Hospital Beds","dateIssued":"2020-11-08","effective":"2020-11-09 1:00 p.m.","end":"2020-12-08 (\u0027unless extended by the Utah State Legislature\u0027); no extension or successor located","startDate":"2020-11-09","endDate":"2020-12-08","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["EMER","HC"],"addressees":["State agencies","political subdivisions","hospitals"],"clause":"WHEREAS, Utah has limited ICU capacity in referral center hospitals to which serious COVID-19 patients are referred, and 85% of such capacity is being used...; WHEREAS, if the State does not take action to mitigate the increasing strain on ICUs, hospitals will be required to implement Crisis Standards of Care...; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gary R. Herbert, Governor of the State of Utah, declare a statewide \u0022State of Emergency\u0022... This Order shall take effect November 9, 2020, at 1:00 p.m. and shall remain in effect through December 8, 2020, unless extended by the Utah State Legislature","enforcement":"Predicate for EO 2020-73, -74, -75 under 53-2a-209(1)","functions":["predicate","IP inpatient and ICU capacity (recitals)"],"notes":"Recitals: 132,621 cases, 6,084 hospitalizations, 659 deaths as of Nov. 8, 2020; record 2,956 new cases Nov. 7, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://rules.utah.gov/wp-content/uploads/Utah-Executive-Order-No.-2020-72.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":89274,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"UT","url":"/library/UT-028","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/UT-028","citation":"Governor Gary R. Herbert, Executive Order 2020-72 (Nov. 8, 2020) (Ex. UT-028)","stateName":"Utah","related":["DUT-UT-010","UT-029","UT-030","UT-024","UT-022","UT-021"]}