{"id":"WV-082","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Monongalia County","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer)","authority":"W. Va. Code 16-2-12 (health officer duties), 16-2-13(b)(5) (restrictions on individuals or entities for public health purposes), 16-2-15 (penalties)","instrument":"Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer\u0027s order)","title":"Businesses serving the public with three new COVID-19 cases required to close for deep cleaning; second occurrence adds 14-day quarantine; third occurrence closes the business until deemed safe; compliance with the Governor\u0027s mask order monitored by complaint and inspection","dateIssued":"2020-07-14","effective":"2020-07-15 12:00 a.m.","end":"No termination located; the framework it enforced (EO 50-20, 77-20) ended June 20, 2021","startDate":"2020-07-15","endDate":"2021-06-20","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","MASK","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["any business that serves the public in Monongalia County","all businesses licensed in the county"],"clause":"Monongalia County requests all businesses licensed in the county comply with wearing masks in public.... Therefore, beginning with 12 Midnight Wednesday morning July 15, 2020: any business that serves the public, that is identified as having three new cases of Covid-19 in staff and/or patrons will be required to close and do a deep clean before our inspection and reopening. After that, if an additional three individuals are diagnosed with Covid-19 after the reopening, the site would again be required to close, undergo another deep cleaning, and a quarantine for 14 days before our inspection and reopening. After that, if yet another three individuals are diagnosed with Covid-19 at the same site, following quarantine and second reopening, then that business would then remain closed until such a time as deemed safe by the Health Officer.... Monongalia County Health Department monitors complaints against businesses including not adequately enforcing the Governor\u0027s mask order or other Safe Start requirements. Complaints, including those made anonymously, may result in a Health Department inspection to validate the complaint. Any person who willfully obstructs a local health officer... is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $500. WV Code 16-2-15.","enforcement":"Closure and quarantine of premises under W. Va. Code 16-2-13(b)(5); misdemeanor for obstruction, fine of $50 to $500, W. Va. Code 16-2-15","functions":["SF, DR, BA premises (case-triggered closure and 14-day quarantine of the business)","EMP (mask enforcement duty)","WF"],"notes":"Issued the day the Governor closed Monongalia County bars (EO 52-20). Recited as \u0027any order of the Monongalia County Board of Health or Monongalia County Health Officer\u0027 in Morgantown Emergency Ordinance 2020-5.","sourceUrl":"https://www.monchd.org/uploads/2/7/6/1/2761941/mchd.mask_ordinance.final.2020.07.14.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201001150131/https://www.monchd.org/uploads/2/7/6/1/2761941/mchd.mask_ordinance.final.2020.07.14.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":480728,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-082","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-082","citation":"Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer), Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer\u0027s order) (July 14, 2020) (Ex. WV-082)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["DUT-WV-002","DUT-WV-003","DUT-WV-004","DUT-WV-005","DUT-WV-015","DUT-WV-027","WV-041","WV-043"]}