| AlabamaAL | State Health Officer Stay at Home Order (Apr. 3, 2020): 'veterinarians' and 'veterinary services' listed among Essential Businesses and Operations (AL-013 ll. 160, 200); the Mar. 27/Apr. 3 postponement of 'all dental, medical, or surgical procedures' did not name veterinary procedures (AL-011 ¶ 7; AL-013 ¶ 14); Birmingham ordinances permitted travel to 'a health or veterinary care professional' (AL-069 to AL-071). | 'kennels, animal shelters' listed essential (AL-013 l. 214); pet grooming not named; close-contact and non-essential closures Mar. 28-May 11, 2020 (AL-011, AL-020). | Statewide mask order July 16, 2020-Apr. 9, 2021 (AL-0xx per State file); Safer Apart recommendations Apr. 9-May 31, 2021. | Emergency ended July 6, 2021 (AL-079); new hospital-capacity emergency Aug. 13, 2021 (AL-052); no sector instrument. | CL EM BD RT CB WF | AL-013; AL-011; AL-020; AL-069; AL-052; AL-079 | Primary source read (essential status). |
| AlaskaAK | Health Mandate 011 stay-home (Mar. 27, 2020) and the Essential Services and Critical Workforce Infrastructure Order: 'Veterinary care and healthcare services provided to animals' (AK-021 l. 73; Mandate 009 FAQ AK-011 l. 80); Health Mandate 005 (Mar. 19) required 'all patients, providers, hospitals and surgical centers' to postpone non-urgent or elective procedures for three months (AK-007); Health Mandate 015 (Apr. 15, rev. June 3, 2020) listed 'Veterinarians' among the providers within its resumption conditions (AK-017 l. 327). | Mandate 009 closed personal-care services statewide Mar. 24 and barred in-home delivery (AK-011); pet grooming not named; Phase I reopening Apr. 24 (AK-085). | No statewide mask mandate; health-care masking under Mandate 015 from Apr. 20, 2020 (AK-017). | DHSS Public Health Emergency Order (May 1, 2021 onward) (AK-030); crisis-standards addendum Sept. 21, 2021 (AK-031). | CL EM RT SC CB WF | AK-021; AK-011; AK-007; AK-017; AK-030; AK-031 | Primary source read (essential status; Mandate 015 naming veterinarians). |
| ArizonaAZ | EO 2020-12 (Mar. 23, 2020) essential-services list and EO 2020-18 stay-home (Mar. 31-May 15); EO 2020-10 (Mar. 19) halted elective surgeries 'at any licensed healthcare facility or by any licensed healthcare provider' (SEC-02-039), veterinary not named; no veterinary-specific instrument located. | Personal care closed Mar. 31-May 8, 2020 (EO 2020-18, 2020-34); pet grooming not named. | Local mask orders June 2020-Mar. 2021 (EO 2020-40); business requirements to Mar. 25, 2021 (AZ-037). | Emergency to Mar. 30, 2022 (AZ-001); EO 2020-12 preemption to Sept. 29, 2021; no mask or vaccination mandates (GA-type bars in EO 2021-18). | CL RT CB WF | AZ-036; AZ-037; SEC-02-039; State file | Confirmed from a secondary source (general regime). |
| ArkansasAR | No stay-home order; ADH directive of Apr. 3, 2020 ('Procedures, testing, and office visits that can be safely postponed shall be rescheduled') addressed human health care (AR-040; SEC-02-053); no veterinary instrument located. | Barbers, cosmetology, massage closed late Mar.-May 6, 2020 (AR-037, AR-005); pet grooming not named. | Statewide masks July 20, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021 (AR-009; AR-070). | EO 21-14 public-health emergency July 29-Sept. 27, 2021 (AR-017); Act 1002 mask ban enjoined Aug. 6, 2021 (AR-081). | CL RT CB WF | AR-040; AR-005; AR-009; AR-017 | Confirmed from a secondary source. |
| CaliforniaCA | EO N-33-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) with the SPHO Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers list (Mar. 22): 'Workers supporting veterinary hospitals and clinics'; 'Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in veterinary health' (CA-008 ll. 91, 196); no statewide elective order (county orders; CDPH guidance); DCA Waiver DCA-20-21 (June 4, 2020) waived 16 C.C.R. § 2032.1(b)(2)-(3) so veterinarians could treat by telemedicine within an established VCPR and extended refill periods, extended by DCA-20-42, -59, -81, -99 (Dec. 15, 2020), 21-110, -126 (Feb. 26, 2021), -151, -173 (July 1, 2021) and -193 (Aug. 31, 2021; to Oct. 31, 2021) (AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-029, -035, -040, -042); DCA-21-137 (Mar. 30, 2021) veterinarians ordering and administering COVID-19 vaccines (-037). | Pet grooming not on the State essential list; Los Angeles City Safer at Home (May 27, 2020): 'veterinary care and pet day care providers (excluding pet grooming and training)' (MET-LA-032 l. 180); Sacramento County permitted 'Pet grooming' with modifications from May 22, 2020 (MET-SAC-003); San Francisco: 'dog grooming' as a service not requiring close customer contact permitted from July 13, 2020 (MET-SFO-005 l. 2603); Los Angeles County Blueprint orders: pet grooming and dog walking as 'Limited Services' at 50 percent indoor occupancy with posted protocols (MET-LA-014 l. 709); Long Beach Regional Stay at Home Order (Dec. 6, 2020): 'grooming, walking, and training services for animals/pets' as limited services (MET-LA-077 l. 731). | CDPH Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings (June 18, 2020) requires face coverings when 'Obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings including... veterinary clinic' (CA-016 l. 36); Cal/OSHA ETS § 3205 from Nov. 30, 2020 (CA-024; SEC-02-047). | SPHO order June 11, 2021 (unvaccinated masks) (CA-029, CA-035); county universal mask orders July-Aug. 2021 (LA County July 17; Bay Area Aug. 3; Sacramento July 30; per metro files); Cal/OSHA § 3205 as readopted June 17, 2021 (CA-024); DCA-21-173 and -193 (AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-040, -042). | CL EM GR BD RT SC HR OP WF CB | CA-008; CA-016; CA-024; CA-029; AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-029, -035, -037, -040, -042; MET-LA-032; MET-LA-014; MET-LA-077; MET-SFO-005; MET-SAC-003 | Primary source read |
| ColoradoCO | EO D 2020 009 (Mar. 19, 2020; eff. 12:01 a.m. Mar. 23): 'all voluntary or elective surgeries or procedures, whether medical, dental, or veterinary, are suspended in the State of Colorado until April 14, 2020 at the earliest'; PPE conservation across 'veterinary, dental, construction, research, institution of higher learning, or other' sectors (CO-007); extended to Apr. 26 by D 2020 027; D 2020 045 (Apr. 26) and PHO 20-29 (Apr. 27): 'Medical, dental, or veterinary voluntary or elective surgeries and procedures may [resume]' only under the order's conditions; PHO 20-29 § V 'Veterinary Facilities' (PPE adequacy, minimizing veterinarian and staff contact, zoonotic precautions, biweekly reassessment) (CO-021, CO-022); amended thirteen times to Apr. 9, 2021 and superseded Apr. 16, 2021 (CO-094); EO D 2020 020 (Apr. 1, 2020) § G suspended C.R.S. § 12-315-104(19)(b)'s in-person VCPR requirement 'including veterinarians... must be able to use telehealth services whenever possible' (CO-088); PHO 20-36 Level Red: Limited Healthcare Settings ordered by a 'medical, dental or veterinary practitioner' subject to PHO 20-29 at 10 percent (CO-037 l. 756). | PHO 20-24 stay-home (Mar. 26-Apr. 26); PHO 20-28 Safer at Home (Apr. 26, 2020) defines Personal Services to include 'dog grooming,' reopened May 1, 2020 at ten or fewer or 50 percent by appointment (CO-020 l. 496); PHO 20-36 (Nov. 2020) lists 'Animal shelters, animal boarding services, animal rescues, zoological facilities, animal sanctuaries, animal grooming, and other related facilities' among Critical Businesses (CO-037 l. 1682) while personal services including dog grooming ran at 25 percent in Levels Orange and Red and closed in Purple. | Statewide masks July 17, 2020-May 15, 2021 (personal services masks retained by D 2021 079 to May 15, 2021); Jefferson and Boulder County mask orders naming 'dog grooming' and settings 'ordered by a medical, dental, or veterinary practitioner' (May 2021) (MET-DEN-104, MET-DEN-114). | Disaster Recovery Order D 2021 122 chain (CO-043 to CO-046); PHO 20-38 amendments (CO-041, CO-053, CO-091); Board of Health health-facility vaccination rule Aug. 30, 2021 (licensed human-health facilities). | CL EM GR BD RT SC HR OP WF CB | CO-007; CO-021; CO-022; CO-094; CO-088; CO-020; CO-037; CO-043; MET-DEN-104; MET-DEN-114 | Primary source read |
| ConnecticutCT | EO 7H (Mar. 20, 2020) non-essential closure with the DECD essential list (CT-0xx); no statewide elective order retrieved; telehealth by audio-only telephone (EO 7F, 7G); no veterinary instrument located. | Personal services prohibited Mar. 20-June 1/17, 2020 (EO 7G § 4; 7TT; 7ZZ). | Masks Apr. 20, 2020 (EO 7BB) through May 20, 2021; DPH universal masking in outpatient health-care settings May 19, 2021-Feb. 2022 (human health care). | Renewed declarations to Sept. 30, 2021 (CT-048); EO 13/13A mask orders (CT-049, CT-050); EO 13B/13F LTC vaccination. | CL RT CB WF | CT-006; CT-016; CT-046; CT-048; CT-049; CT-050 | Confirmed from a secondary source. |
| DelawareDE | Fourth Modification (Mar. 22, 2020) essential list; Thirteenth Modification (Apr. 25, 2020): 'Any other workers or support staff related to the delivery of medical, dental, veterinarian, or similar services' essential (DE-017 l. 248); face coverings required from Apr. 28, 2020 at 'facilities providing veterinary care and similar healthcare services for animals--unless directed otherwise by the healthcare provider' (DE-017 l. 116), carried to the Twenty-Ninth Modification (May 18, 2021; health-care masks to July 12, 2021) (DE-038 l. 484); the Governor's recital of 'the suspension of elective surgeries and non-emergency medical procedures' (DE-016). | Non-essential closures Mar. 24-June 1, 2020; pet care (812910) treatment not stated in the exhibits read. | Universal masks Apr. 28, 2020-May 21, 2021; health-care and veterinary-facility masks to July 12, 2021 (DE-038 § E). | DE-038 (July 1-12, 2021 veterinary-facility masks); DHSS Secretary's orders effective Sept. 30, 2021 (DE-061 to DE-063; human health facilities). | CL EM RT CB WF | DE-005; DE-017; DE-038; DE-016 | Primary source read (masks at veterinary facilities; essential status) |
| District of ColumbiaDC | Mayor's Order 2020-053 (Mar. 24, 2020): 'Health Care Operation' 'also includes veterinary care and all health care services provided to animals' (DC-005 OCR l. 176; DC-006 l. 250); no elective order (DC Health recommendation Mar. 17, 2020). | Non-essential businesses closed Mar. 25-May 29, 2020; pet grooming not named in the exhibits read. | Masks for essential-business employees and customers from May 16, 2020 (MO 2020-066); universal July 22, 2020 (MO 2020-080). | MO 2021-096 (emergency); MO 2021-097 universal indoor masks from July 31, 2021 (DC-057); health-professional vaccination announced Aug. 16, 2021 (DC-075; human health licensees). | CL EM RT CB WF | DC-005; DC-006; DC-021; DC-057 | Primary source read (essential status). |
| FloridaFL | EO 20-91 Safer at Home (Apr. 1, 2020) incorporating CISA v2.0 ('Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in veterinary health') and the Miami-Dade EO 07-20 list: 'Veterinarians and pet boarding facilities' (FL-010 ll. 436, 1362); EO 20-89 (Mar. 30) same for southeast Florida (FL-017); DBPR Emergency Order 2020-04 (Mar. 27, 2020) § 11: 'Any restriction in chapter 474, Florida Statutes, or chapter 61G18, Florida Administrative Code, which would prohibit active Florida licensed veterinarians in good standing from practicing telemedicine on their patients is suspended' (AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-091; FL-093); EO 20-72 (Mar. 20-May 4, 2020) reached 'other health care practitioners' offices' licensed under the Department of Health, not ch. 474 veterinarians (FL-009). | 'pet boarding facilities' essential (FL-010); Palm Beach County EO 2020-002a: 'Veterinarians, mobile pet groomers and pet boarding facilities' essential (MET-MIA-045 l. 312); non-essential closures Apr. 3-May 4/11, 2020; statewide grooming rule not stated. | No statewide mask mandate; county mask orders Apr.-June 2020 (fines suspended Sept. 25, 2020; business duties May 3, 2021). | No State restrictions; EO 21-101 and s. 381.00316 (July 1, 2021) voided local orders and barred vaccination documentation (FL-030, FL-059); school rules (FL-032, FL-033). | CL EM BD GR RT CB WF | FL-010; FL-017; FL-009; FL-093; AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-091; MET-MIA-045; FL-030; FL-059 | Primary source read |
| GeorgiaGA | EO 04.02.20.01 shelter-in-place (Apr. 3, 2020) with Critical Infrastructure per CISA guidance (v2.0 then current, naming veterinary health) (GA-010; SEC-08-002); EO 04.20.20.01 addressed medical, dental, optometry and physical-therapy practices that had ceased operations (GA-017); no veterinary instrument located. | Close-contact businesses closed Apr. 3-Apr. 24, 2020 (GA-010, GA-017); pet grooming not named. | Mandatory measures through June 30, 2021; no statewide masks. | EO 06.30.21.01 chain (GA-041, GA-059, GA-060, GA-046); regulatory suspensions (GA-042, GA-061); EO 08.19.21.03 (GA-043). | CL RT CB WF | GA-010; GA-017; SEC-08-002; GA-041; GA-043 | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| HawaiiHI | Sixth Supplementary Proclamation (Apr. 25, 2020) suspended HRS § 471-10 'to the extent necessary to enable veterinarians to engage in telehealth without a previously existing Veterinarian-Client-Patient-Relationship or physical examination of the patient' (HI-007 l. 1080), carried in every proclamation through the Twenty-First (June 7, 2021; to Aug. 6, 2021) (HI-008 to HI-023); EO 20-05 directed all health care facilities and professionals to render assistance including 'cancelling or postponing elective surgeries and procedures' (HI-007 Exhibit A); EO 21-06 (Sept. 1, 2021) defines 'Health care professional' to include 'veterinarians licensed pursuant to chapter 471' and 'rendering assistance' to include cancelling or postponing elective procedures as directed by HDOH (HI-026). | Seventh Supplementary Proclamation (May 5, 2020) reopened 'Pet Grooming Services': 'Customers can visit by appointment only and should wait outside the facility (e.g., in cars)' (HI-008 l. 2457); Honolulu EO 2020-09 (Apr. 29, 2020) permitted 'mobile pet grooming' as a no-contact mobile service (MET-HNL-009 l. 791), carried through the Honolulu orders to EO 2021-13 (Sept. 17, 2021) (MET-HNL-038); Maui rules same (MET-HNL-044 to -047). | Customer and employee face coverings from Apr. 16-17, 2020; Statewide Face Covering Requirement Nov. 16, 2020 through Q3 2021 (HI-016, HI-023, HI-024). | HI-023 (to Aug. 6, 2021: § 471-10 suspension; masks; Safe Travels); HI-024 (Aug. 5-Oct. 4, 2021: masks; State-employee vaccination-or-testing); HI-026 EO 21-06 (Sept. 1, 2021); EO 21-05 gathering caps (Aug. 10). | CL EM GR BD RT HR OP WF CB | HI-007; HI-008; HI-019; HI-023; HI-024; HI-026; MET-HNL-009; MET-HNL-038 | Primary source read |
| IdahoID | No verified sector-specific instrument is indexed for this State in this table. The State's general orders are in the Library under the State's own page. | | | | | | |
| IllinoisIL | EO 2020-10 (Mar. 20, 2020) § 7: 'Healthcare and Public Health Operations also includes veterinary care and all healthcare services provided to animals'; § 12(b): businesses providing 'food, shelter, and other necessities of life for animals, including animal shelters, rescues, shelters, kennels, and adoption facilities' essential (IL-005 ll. 142, 226; SEC-18-032); IDPH's elective-procedure guidance was not an order; telehealth insurer mandate EO 2020-09 re-issued through Oct. 16, 2021 (IL-068). | Pet grooming outside the essential definition Mar. 21-Apr. 30, 2020; EO 2020-32 (Apr. 30; eff. May 1, 2020) amended § 7 to 'veterinary care and all healthcare and grooming services provided to animals' (IL-013 l. 311); Chicago CDPH Order 2020-3 (2nd amended May 29, 2020) same words (MET-CHI-007 l. 227). | Statewide masks May 1, 2020-May 16, 2021 (IL-013, IL-016, IL-019, IL-031); Tier 3 Nov. 20, 2020 (IL-031). | Disaster proclamation renewals and EO re-issuances (IL-047, IL-039, IL-041, IL-044); EO 2021-20 indoor masks from Aug. 30, 2021 (IL-042; SEC-18-042). | CL EM GR BD RT OP WF CB | IL-005; IL-013; IL-068; IL-042; MET-CHI-007 | Primary source read |
| IndianaIN | EO 20-13 (Mar. 30, 2020; eff. Apr. 1): 'all health care providers, whether medical, dental or other' directed to cancel or postpone elective and non-urgent procedures, applied to veterinarians ('veterinary elective procedures cancelled') (IN-011; SEC-02-066); EO 20-22 (Apr. 20) allowed resumption 11:59 p.m. Apr. 26, 2020 (IN-020); EO 20-26 (May 1, 2020): 'veterinary care and all healthcare services provided to animals' essential; procedure restrictions on 'veterinary practices' removed (IN-024 ll. 869, 899). | EO 20-18 (Apr. 6, 2020) and EO 20-22: 'Included in veterinary care... is pet grooming, which may occur at a pet salon or store, or by mobile unit; however, no pet grooming shall be provided to customers inside any home at this time' (IN-016; IN-020). | Statewide masks July 27, 2020-Apr. 6, 2021 (EO 20-37); business plans to May 31, 2021. | EO 21-16 to 21-22 (IN-065 to IN-069) with IDOH control measures (quarantine, isolation). | CL EM GR RT SC WF CB | IN-011; IN-016; IN-020; IN-024; IN-066; IN-068 | Primary source read |
| IowaIA | Proclamation of Mar. 26, 2020: nonessential or elective surgeries and procedures using PPE 'must not be conducted by any hospital, outpatient surgery provider, or outpatient procedure provider' (IA-005) - veterinary not named; no stay-home order. | Salons, spas, tattoo, tanning and massage closed Mar. 22-May 14, 2020 (IA-004, IA-015); pet grooming not named. | Masks Nov. 17, 2020-Feb. 6, 2021 (IA-030). | Disaster proclamations (IA-039 to IA-041); HF 847 school mask ban (IA-046). | CL RT CB WF | IA-005; IA-004; IA-015; IA-039 | Confirmed from a secondary source. |
| KansasKS | EO 20-16 statewide stay-home Mar. 30-May 3, 2020 (KEFF essential functions); Douglas County LHO stay-home (Mar. 22, 2020): 'Healthcare Operations also includes veterinary [care]' (KS-093 l. 103); no elective order (KDHE and Dental Board statements advisory). | Salons etc. closed Mar. 30-May 17, 2020 (EO 20-16, 20-29); Ad Astra plan grouped 'Personal Services (Salons, Pet Grooming, etc.)' (SEC-18, verified_secondary). | EO 20-52 (July 2, 2020; eff. July 3): masks required when 'Obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings, including but not limited to, a hospital, pharmacy, medical clinic, laboratory, physician or dental office, veterinary clinic, or blood bank' (KS-030 l. 296), to Mar. 31, 2021 (county opt-outs); Sedgwick County and Wichita orders with the same words (KS-081, KS-088). | KDHE quarantine mandate (KS-057); adult-care-home testing (KS-052); Douglas County youth mask order Aug. 18-Sept. 22, 2021 naming 'veterinary [clinic]' (KS-095). | CL EM GR RT WF CB | KS-093; KS-030; KS-081; KS-088; KS-095; KS-057 | Primary source read |
| KentuckyKY | CHFS order (Mar. 17, 2020) closing public-facing businesses excepted 'veterinary clinics and pet stores' (KY-004 OCR l. 34); CHFS directive (Mar. 23): 'ALL non-emergent, non-urgent in-person medical, surgical, dental, and any other healthcare practice or procedure must have immediately ceased' (KY-009; SEC-02-033) - veterinary not named; 42) and extended to Jan. 15, 2022 by 2021 SS HJR 1 (Sept. 7, 2021) (KY-056 l. 178). | EO 2020-246 (Mar. 22) retail list: pet stores 'Yes' (KY-008); EO 2020-323 (May 8, 2020) permitted 'Pet care, grooming, and boarding businesses' to reopen May 11, 2020 subject to CHFS requirements (KY-017 OCR ll. 83, 130); Healthy at Work Requirements for Pet Care, Grooming, and Boarding Businesses (May 11, 2020): customers 'must remove their pet's leash and collar and deliver their pet either curbside, in a crate, or in an entry room to avoid interaction' (SEC-18-040); rescinded June 11, 2021 (KY-049). | Employee masks under Healthy at Work from May 11, 2020; public mandate July 10, 2020-June 11, 2021 (KY-022, KY-049). | State of emergency (KY-001; extended by KY-056); masks in health care, LTC and transit to Sept. 7, 2021 (KY-049); HJR 1 (Sept. 7, 2021) extending the Board of Veterinary Examiners Order (KY-056). | CL EM GR BD RT HR WF CB | KY-004; KY-009; KY-008; KY-017; SEC-18-040; KY-046; KY-056; KY-049 | Primary source read (orders read); Confirmed from a secondary source (content of the Board order) |
| LouisianaLA | Proclamation 33 JBE 2020 (Mar. 22, 2020): stay home; businesses outside the CISA lists (veterinary health within them) reduced to minimum contact (LA-005); LDH notices on medical and surgical procedures addressed human health care (LA-043); no veterinary instrument located. | 'personal care and grooming businesses' closed Mar. 23-May 15, 2020 (human personal care) (LA-005 § 4(A)(2); LA-010); pet grooming not named. | Masks for public-contact employees May 15, 2020; statewide July 13, 2020-May 26, 2021. | 117 and 131 JBE 2021 (emergency; high-risk stay-home directive) (LA-034, LA-035); 137 JBE 2021 indoor masks for all persons 5 and older from Aug. 4, 2021 (LA-036); 145 JBE 2021 (LA-037). | CL RT GR CB WF | LA-005; LA-010; LA-034; LA-036 | Primary source read (general). |
| MaineME | EO 19 FY 19/20 (Mar. 24, 2020) non-essential closure; Maine CDC guidance of Mar. 15, 2020 (postponement of non-urgent procedures) recited in EO 16 and EO 35 (ME-005, ME-014); EO 35 FY 19/20 (Apr. 6, 2020), 'An Order Suspending Enforcement of Provisions of Certain Licensing Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate Health Care and Veterinary Care': reactivated and emergency licenses; 'Any veterinarian licensed under this section may provide veterinary medicine services in-person in Maine or across state lines into Maine using telemedicine' (ME-014 §§ I(C), I(D)); EO 40 FY 20/21 (June 30, 2021) ¶ 6: § I(A) 'shall expire on August 30, 2021' and §§ I(C)-(D) licenses remain valid pending adjudication (ME-060). | DECD Essential Business Operations Definitions (Apr. 3, 2020): 'Dog Grooming' in the non-essential column (ME-008 l. 21); reopened May 1, 2020 under the Restarting Plan and the DECD Dog Grooming checklist, enforceable 'in the same manner as an Executive Order' (EO 49 § IV) (ME-020, ME-080, ME-081, ME-021). | Cloth face coverings May 1, 2020-May 24, 2021 (ME-021, ME-058); checklists to June 30, 2021. | EO 40 FY 20/21 (EO 35 § I(A) to Aug. 30, 2021) (ME-060); Maine CDC health-care-worker vaccination rule Aug. 12, 2021 (ME-061; Designated Healthcare Facilities, EMS and dental practices). | CL EM GR RT HR OP WF CB | ME-008; ME-014; ME-020; ME-080; ME-081; ME-021; ME-060 | Primary source read |
| MarylandMD | Governor's Order 20-03-23-01 non-essential closure; OLC Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020): 'Veterinary hospitals, clinics, and kennels' and 'Pet supply stores' essential (MD-006 ll. 116-117); MDH Mar. 23, 2020 order ceased elective procedures by every licensed facility and every practitioner under the Health Occupations Article (MD-040) - veterinarians are licensed under the Agriculture Article and are not named. | 'kennels' essential (MD-006); pet grooming closed as non-essential (secondary) until Stage 1; Anne Arundel County EO 21 (May 15, 2020): 'pet grooming businesses and facilities may open... provided that pet grooming shall be by appointment only' at one customer per 150 square feet and 50 percent (MET-BAL-054 l. 91). | Masks in retail, foodservice and transit Apr. 18, 2020; personal services May 15; all persons indoors July 31, 2020-May 15, 2021 (MD-008, MD-010, MD-014, MD-030). | Order 21-06-15-01: emergency and fourteen orders to Aug. 15, 2021 (MD-031); MDH congregate-facility and hospital staff orders (MD-057, MD-058). | CL EM GR BD RT WF CB | MD-006; MD-040; MD-010; MD-031; MET-BAL-054 | Primary source read |
| MassachusettsMA | COVID-19 Order No. 13 (Mar. 23, 2020) non-essential closure with the Essential Services list (CISA-based). | Pet groomers closed Mar. 24-May 24, 2020; COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020): 'Beginning May 25, 2020:... I. Pet Groomers' may reopen under mandatory workplace safety rules (MA-017 l. 517). | Masks May 6, 2020-May 29, 2021 (Orders 31, 55, 67); rescinded by Order No. 69. | PHE declaration and DPH orders (MA-049, MA-050, MA-054); PHE Order 2021-4 nursing-home staff (MA-067); EO 595 State employees (MA-068). | CL GR BD RT WF CB | MA-017; MA-048; MA-049; MA-050 | Primary source read (Order No. 33); Confirmed from a secondary source (closure dates) |
| MichiganMI | EO 2020-21 stay-home (Mar. 24, 2020) (CISA); EO 2020-32 (recited) and EO 2020-34 (Apr. 2, 2020), 'Temporary restrictions on veterinary services': 'all veterinary facilities must implement a plan to temporarily postpone all in-person non-essential veterinary services'; 'all veterinary services, essential and non-essential, must be performed by telemedicine to the fullest extent possible'; PPE 'that could be used for the care of humans must be minimized'; 'non-essential veterinary services' defined as all non-agricultural services other than those necessary to preserve life, treat serious pain, euthanize or treat or prevent zoonotic disease; 'a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor' (SEC-26-009); stay-home orders EO 2020-42, -59, -70, -77 permitted travel only for 'veterinary services that, in accordance with a duly implemented non-essential procedure or veterinary services postponement plan, have not been postponed' (MI-020 l. 204; MI-024; MI-026); EO 2020-96 (May 21, 2020) ¶ 19: EO 2020-34 'rescinded as of May 28, 2020 at 11:59 pm'; 'Outpatient health-care facilities, including veterinary offices, are subject to the workplace safety rules' of EO 2020-91 (MI-030 ll. 80, 578); EO 2020-114 to -184 workplace safeguards (MI-032 to MI-046); MIOSHA Emergency Rules (Oct. 14, 2020) R 5: 'outpatient health-care facilities, clinics, primary care physician offices, dental offices, and veterinary clinics, must' post signs, screen and limit waiting rooms (MI-054 l. 320), to June 22, 2021; MDHHS Gatherings and Face Mask Orders (Oct. 29, 2020-May 2021): gatherings in waiting rooms at 'veterinary clinics' limited (MI-059 to MI-071). | Pet grooming closed as non-essential Mar. 24-June 15, 2020 (EO 2020-110, 2020-114/115) (verified_secondary as to grooming). | Masks in enclosed public spaces Apr. 26, 2020 (EO 2020-59 § 15) through June 22, 2021 (MDHHS orders). | MDHHS residential-care orders (MI-072, MI-070); 2020 PA 238 employment rights (MI-057); county school mask orders Aug.-Sept. 2021; no veterinary instrument in force. | CL EM GR BD RT SC OP WF CB | SEC-26-009; MI-020; MI-024; MI-026; MI-030; MI-054; MI-059; MI-071; MI-072 | Primary source read (EO 2020-34 read by OCR in full) |
| MinnesotaMN | EO 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) as amended by EO 20-17 (Mar. 23, 2020): 'all non-essential or elective surgeries and procedures, including non-emergent or elective dental care, whether medical, dental, or veterinary, that utilize PPE or ventilators must be postponed indefinitely' from 5:00 p.m. Mar. 23; veterinary criteria: 'threats to public health, threats to the health or safety of the animal's owner (e.g., in the case of service animals), and threats to the health or safety of the animal' (SEC-26-004; MN-005); EO 20-16 (Mar. 23): every 'veterinary' facility to inventory PPE, ventilators, respirators and anesthesia machines by Mar. 25 and refrain from non-critical use (MN-007); EO 20-51 (May 5, 2020): EOs 20-09 and 20-17 rescinded 11:59 p.m. May 10; facilities offering PPE-utilizing procedures 'whether veterinary, medical, or dental' must complete written plan, screening and owner-consent requirements (MN-018), in force to May 27, 2021 (EO 21-21); EO 20-20 stay-home (Mar. 25): 'Animal shelters and veterinarians' critical (MN-010 ¶ gg). | EO 20-33 (Apr. 8, 2020): 'Workers supporting pet grooming businesses are not exempt' (MN-012 l. 616); EO 20-48 (Apr. 30; eff. May 4, 2020): businesses providing 'pet grooming are included to the extent that they can adhere to the guidelines' for curbside and drop-off operation (MN-017 l. 909); personal services 25 percent June 1 (MN-024). | Masks in every indoor business July 25, 2020-May 14, 2021 (MN-027, MN-039). | Peacetime emergency terminated 11:59 p.m. July 1, 2021 (MN-041); court orders (MN-053, MN-054); MMB Policy 1446 State employees (MN-044). | CL EM GR BD RT SC OP WF CB | SEC-26-004; MN-005; MN-007; MN-018; MN-010; MN-012; MN-017; MN-041 | Primary source read |
| MississippiMS | EO 1466 (Apr. 1, 2020) shelter-in-place with Essential Business list (MS-009); EO 1470 (Apr. 10): 'all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not immediately medically necessary' (SEC-02-078) - veterinary not named; no veterinary instrument located. | 'other similar personal care and grooming facilities' (human) closed Apr. 3-May 11, 2020 (MS-009, MS-014); pet grooming not named. | County and statewide mask orders July 13, 2020-Mar. 3, 2021. | State of emergency (MS-002); MSDH isolation and quarantine directives Aug. 2021; EO 1551 recommendations (MS-053). | CL RT CB WF | MS-009; MS-014; SEC-02-078; MS-002; MS-053 | Confirmed from a secondary source. |
| MissouriMO | No statewide closure; DHSS orders Apr. 6-June 15, 2020; St. Louis County Extension and Amendment of Stay at Home Order (Apr. 20, 2020) ¶ 8: 'animal shelters or animal care management, including boarding, grooming, pet walking and pet sitting' essential (MET-STL-077 l. 157); EO 20-04 suspended telemedicine statutes Mar. 18, 2020 to Aug. 27, 2021 (MO-002). | Essential in St. Louis County (MET-STL-077); Boone County and Springfield closed personal-care services Mar. 25/26-May 3, 2020 (MO-044, MO-041). | No statewide masks; local mandates (St. Louis City and County, Kansas City July 2020; reinstated July 26 and Aug. 2, 2021). | EO 21-07 emergency to Aug. 31, 2021 (MO-018); EO 21-09 (Aug. 27, 2021) health-care staffing emergency and continued waivers to Dec. 31, 2021 (MO-020); metro mask reinstatements. | CL GR BD RT CB WF | MET-STL-077; MO-002; MO-018; MO-020 | Primary source read (metro); Confirmed from a secondary source (State) |
| MontanaMT | Stay at Home Directive (Mar. 26, 2020): 'Health Care and Public Health Operations also includes veterinary care and all Health Care [services provided to animals]'; essential businesses include 'veterinary and animal health services, animal shelters, rescues, shelters, kennels, and adoption facilities' (MT-009 ll. 178, 274); no elective order. | Personal services closed Mar. 28-Apr. 27, 2020 (MT-009 ¶ 6, MT-013); kennels and shelters essential; pet grooming not named. | Masks July 15, 2020-Feb. 12, 2021 (MT-016, MT-021). | HB 702 vaccination-status discrimination bar (MT-072); local health order limits (MT-073). | CL EM BD RT CB WF | MT-009; MT-013; MT-016; MT-072 | Primary source read |
| NebraskaNE | DHM 2020-009 (Apr. 3, 2020): 'Elective medical and dental surgeries and elective medical and dental procedures are hereby prohibited' (NE-008) - veterinary not named; no stay-home order. | Salons, massage and tattoo closed Apr. 10-May 3/10, 2020 (NE-009, NE-010); pet grooming not named. | Sector masks May 4, 2020-Jan. 29, 2021; no general mask order. | EO 21-12 hospital capacity emergency (Aug. 26, 2021) (NE-068); waivers to July 30/Aug. 27, 2021 (NE-050). | CL RT CB WF | NE-008; NE-009; NE-010; NE-068 | Confirmed from a secondary source. |
| NevadaNV | Directive 003 (Mar. 20, 2020) non-essential closure; Governor's guidance on Directives 003 and 013 (Apr. 16, 2020): 'Veterinary services' essential (NV-064 l. 153); no statewide elective order verified (DPBH guidance). | 'Beauty and grooming schools and services' (human) closed Mar. 20-May 9, 2020 (NV-064; Directive 018); pet grooming not named. | Employee masks May 9, 2020; all persons June 26, 2020 (Directive 024); Directive 045 (May 3, 2021) CDC-based. | Directive 047 county mask requirement from July 30, 2021 (NV-043 Aug. 16-Sept. 2 file); Board of Health regulations (NV-055, NV-056); emergency (NV-001). | CL EM RT CB WF | NV-064; NV-043; NV-055 | Primary source read (essential status). |
| New HampshireNH | EO 17 (Mar. 26, 2020) Exhibit A essential services: 'Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in veterinary health' (NH-010 l. 94); Stay at Home 2.0 (May 1) same (NH-017 l. 320); no elective order (NHHA guidance). | Salons closed Mar. 27-May 11, 2020 (NH-009, NH-055); pet grooming not named. | Universal Guidelines May 1, 2020-May 7, 2021; EO 74 masks Nov. 20, 2020-Apr. 16, 2021. | RSA 141-C:1-a (July 23, 2021) (NH-068); DHHS isolation and quarantine directives (NH-063, NH-064); school toolkit (NH-066). | CL RT CB WF | NH-010; NH-017; NH-068; NH-063 | Primary source read (CISA text in the order). |
| New JerseyNJ | EO 107 (Mar. 21, 2020) essential retail including pet stores (¶ 6(k)); EO 109 (Mar. 23, 2020) ¶ 7: 'Any business or non-hospital health care facility, including but not limited to dental facilities, construction facilities, research facilities, office-based healthcare or veterinary practices, and institutions of higher learning, in possession of PPE, ventilators, respirators, or anesthesia machines that are not required for the provision of critical health care services should undertake an inventory of such supplies and send that information to the State' by 5:00 p.m. Mar. 27; ¶ 8: the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs 'is authorized and empowered... to issue orders restricting or expanding the scope of practice for any category of healthcare professional or veterinarian licensed by a board in the Division of Consumer Affairs, including but not limited to, orders restricting elective surgeries, procedures, and examinations' (NJ-006; SEC-02-017); EO 145 (May 15, 2020) rescinded the elective suspension May 26 (SEC-02-018). | Pet grooming closed as non-essential to June 22, 2020 (verified_secondary); in-home personal services barred by NJOEM AO 2020-10 (Apr. 27, 2020). | Masks at essential retail Apr. 10, 2020 (EO 122), at all reopened premises, in office buildings (EO 163); EO 192 workplace requirements through June 4, 2021 (NJ-036, NJ-051). | State of emergency (NJ-001; NJ-052; P.L. 2021, c. 103, NJ-053); EO 252 (Aug. 6, 2021) health-care worker vaccination-or-testing (human health settings); EO 249 evictions (NJ-054). | CL EM GR RT SC HR WF CB | NJ-006; SEC-02-017; SEC-02-018; NJ-050; NJ-051; NJ-053 | Primary source read (EO 109); Confirmed from a secondary source (grooming) |
| New MexicoNM | PHO of Mar. 23, 2020: essential 'emergency veterinary and livestock services' (NM-006 l. 72); PHO of Mar. 24 (eff. Mar. 27) prohibiting non-essential health care services at hospitals, ASCs and dental offices (NM-007) - veterinary not named; PHO of June 15, 2020 ¶ j: 'Veterinary and livestock services, animal shelters, and facilities providing pet adoption, grooming, daycare, or boarding services' essential (NM-022 l. 171). | Non-essential businesses closed Mar. 24-May 31, 2020 (pet grooming outside the March essential list); essential from at least June 15, 2020 (NM-022); Amended PHO of Nov. 18, 2020: 'Animal grooming services cannot operate under any circumstances' Nov. 19-Dec. 2, 2020 (NM-040 l. 1089). | Masks for all individuals May 16, 2020 onward (NM-016 ¶ 7); county color-tier capacity Dec. 2, 2020-June 30, 2021 (NM-041 to NM-057). | PHO of June 30, 2021 (eff. July 1): unvaccinated masks; COVID-Safe Practices mandatory for all businesses (NM-060); EO 2021-046 State employees (NM-063); indoor mask reinstatement Aug. 17-20, 2021 (NM-064 et seq.); hospital and congregate-care worker vaccination Aug. 17 (human settings). | CL EM GR BD RT CB WF | NM-006; NM-007; NM-022; NM-040; NM-060; NM-063 | Primary source read |
| New YorkNY | EO 202.6/202.8 PAUSE (Mar. 20-22, 2020) with the ESD Essential Business Guidance: 'animal shelters and animal care including dog walking, animal boarding and pet grooming but only to the extent necessary to ensure animal health' (NY-090 l. 184; carried in the Nov. 20, 2020 and June 15, 2021 versions, NY-093, NY-094); EO 202.10 (Mar. 23, 2020) cancellation of elective surgeries at general hospitals, ASCs, office-based surgery practices and D&TCs (NY-019) - veterinary not named. | Pet grooming and boarding permitted 'only to the extent necessary to ensure animal health' under PAUSE (NY-090); personal care Phase Two/Three reopening May 29/June 12, 2020. | Masks for essential-business employees Apr. 15, 2020 and every person Apr. 17, 2020 (EO 202.16, 202.17); 10 NYCRR Subpart 66-3 readopted through Aug. 27, 2021 (NY-133). | 10 NYCRR 66-3 (to Aug. 27), 2.13 isolation and quarantine (NY-134), 2.60 face coverings and 2.61 health-care worker vaccination (Aug. 26-27, 2021) (NY-071, NY-073); Commissioner's determinations (NY-074, NY-075). | CL EM GR BD RT WF CB | NY-090; NY-093; NY-094; NY-019; NY-133; NY-071 | Primary source read |
| North CarolinaNC | EO 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) closures; EO 121 stay-home (Mar. 30-May 8) with COVID-19 Essential Businesses; EO 138 (May 5, 2020) references travel to a 'veterinarian' (NC-010 l. 244); NCDHHS letter of Mar. 20, 2020 requested suspension of elective procedures at hospitals and ASCs (NC-068) - a request, not an order; no veterinary instrument located. | EO 120 § 1(c) closed 'personal care and grooming businesses' (human) Mar. 25-May 22, 2020; EO 141 reopened 'Personal Care, Grooming, and Tattoo Businesses' at 50 percent (NC-011); pet grooming treatment not stated. | Masks June 26, 2020-May 14, 2021 (EO 147 to EO 209); health-care settings to July 30, 2021 (EO 220). | EO 220 (to July 30) (NC-030); EO 224 (July 29, 2021) Cabinet-agency workers (NC-031); StrongSchoolsNC Toolkit (NC-072). | CL RT GR CB WF | NC-004; NC-010; NC-011; NC-068; NC-030; NC-031 | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| North DakotaND | No verified sector-specific instrument is indexed for this State in this table. The State's general orders are in the Library under the State's own page. | | | | | | |
| OhioOH | ODH Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020): 'Healthcare and Public Health Operations also includes veterinary care and all healthcare services [provided to animals]'; 'animal shelters, rescues, shelters, kennels, and adoption facilities' essential (OH-011 ll. 124, 226); Director's Order of Mar. 17, 2020: non-essential or elective surgeries and procedures using PPE 'should not be conducted' (OH-007) - veterinary not named; HB 197 (Mar. 27, 2020) tolled licenses (OH-012). | Pet grooming outside the essential definition (verified_secondary); reopened with consumer services May 12, 2020 (verified_secondary); kennels essential (OH-011). | Employee masks in every reopened sector May 2020; statewide masks July 23, 2020-June 2, 2021 (OH-030, OH-048). | Nursing-home and residential-care testing orders (OH-049, OH-071); Sub. S.B. 22 (OH-045); Dayton ordinance Sept. 17, 2021 (OH-094). | CL EM GR BD RT HR WF CB | OH-011; OH-007; OH-012; OH-030; OH-049 | Primary source read (essential status); Confirmed from a secondary source (grooming) |
| OklahomaOK | Fourth Amended EO 2020-07 (Mar. 24, 2020): non-essential closures in affected counties; ¶ 18: 'Oklahomans and medical providers in Oklahoma shall postpone all elective surgeries, minor medical procedures, and non-emergency dental procedures' (SEC-02-062) - veterinary not named; Commerce Essential Industries List (Apr. 1, 2020): 'Veterinary Services' under Healthcare and Social (OK-014 l. 53). | OURS Plan (Apr. 22, 2020): 'April 24, 2020, the following businesses can reopen: Personal care businesses, such as hair salons, barbershops, spas, nail salons, and pet groomers can reopen for appointments only' (OK-021 l. 91); 'animal care' listed essential (Husch, SEC-18). | No statewide public mask mandate; municipal ordinances (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman) July 2020-Apr. 2021. | SB 658 (July 1, 2021) (OK-043); EO 2021-16 (OK-042). | CL GR RT CB WF | OK-014; OK-021; SEC-02-062; OK-043 | Primary source read |
| OregonOR | EO 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020): 'No later than March 23, 2020, all elective and non-urgent procedures across all care settings that utilize PPE, including but not limited to, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, outpatient clinics..., dental clinics, and veterinary clinics, shall be cancelled, or rescheduled no earlier than June 15, 2020'; surplus PPE surrendered to the State by Mar. 27 (OR-005; SEC-02-031); EO 20-22 (Apr. 27, 2020): from May 1 elective and non-urgent procedures at 'veterinary clinics' 'shall not occur unless' compliant with OHA guidance or rules (OR-015; SEC-02-032), rescinded June 30, 2021 (OR-043); Oregon OSHA Temporary Rule AO 3-2020 (Nov. 6, 2020; eff. Nov. 16) OAR 437-001-0744 Appendix A-10 'Veterinary Care': mandatory workplace guidance for 'veterinarians licensed under ORS 686, and to their assistants and other employees' (OR-032 l. 3325); permanent rule AO 2-2021 (May 4, 2021) (OR-041); AO 5-2021 (June 30, 2021) removed A-10's mask and distancing provisions 'leaving only the personal protective equipment provisions' (OR-044 l. 105); AO 10-2021 (Aug. 13, 2021) restored Appendix A-10 'Veterinary Clinics': 'veterinary employers must provide and ensure the use of personal protective equipment in accordance with' the CDC veterinary table (OR-049 ll. 1347-1359). | EO 20-12 stay-home (Mar. 23, 2020) closed personal services; pet grooming closed Mar. 23-May 15, 2020 (verified_secondary); Phase I sector guidance under EO 20-25/20-27 and EO 20-66. | OHA statewide mask guidance July 1, 2020 (businesses must require and supply masks) to June 29, 2021 (OR-025); OAR 333-019-1025 indoor masks from Aug. 13, 2021. | EO 21-15 emergency to Dec. 31, 2021 (OR-043); OAR 437-001-0744 as amended June 30 and Aug. 13, 2021 (OR-044, OR-049); OAR 333-019-1025 masks; OAR 333-019-1010 health-care worker vaccination (Aug. 5/25, 2021; human health care). | CL EM GR BD RT SC OP WF CB | OR-005; OR-015; OR-032; OR-041; OR-044; OR-049; OR-043; OR-025 | Primary source read |
| PennsylvaniaPA | Governor's and Secretary of Health's orders of Mar. 19, 2020 with the Life-Sustaining Business list: 'Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services' (NAICS 5419, which includes 541940 veterinary services) 'Yes' (SEC-18-020 l. 492); Department of State telemedicine waiver (Mar. 18, 2020) for licensees of the health-licensing boards including 'Veterinary Medicine' (PA-091 l. 41; recited in the Governor's May 6, 2020 order, PA-055 l. 60); Act 21 of 2021 (June 11, 2021) extended regulatory suspensions to Sept. 30, 2021 (PA-040) and Act 73 (Sept. 30, 2021) to Mar. 31, 2022 (PA-043); elective procedures prohibited at physician and dental offices Mar. 19-Apr. 27, 2020 (PA-004 notation) - veterinary not named. | Life-Sustaining list: 'Personal Care Services No'; 'Other Personal Services No' (NAICS 8129, which includes 812910 pet care) (SEC-18-020 ll. 613, 621); pet care reopened in the yellow phase (verified_secondary; May 8-June 5, 2020 by county). | Masks for employees and customers of every open business Apr. 19, 2020 (PA-008); Secretary's Order Requiring Universal Face Coverings (July 1, 2020): masks when 'obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings including, but not limited to, a hospital, pharmacy, medical clinic, laboratory, physician or dental office, veterinary clinic, or blood bank' (PA-015); Updated Order Nov. 18, 2020 same words (PA-020 l. 166), to June 28, 2021 (PA-100). | Act 21 (PA-040) and Act 73 (PA-043) regulatory suspensions; school and child-care masks Sept. 7, 2021 (PA-042); hospital reporting (PA-041). | CL EM GR BD RT HR OP WF CB | SEC-18-020; PA-091; PA-055; PA-040; PA-043; PA-015; PA-020 | Primary source read |
| Rhode IslandRI | EO 20-09 (Mar. 23, 2020) closures; EO 20-14 non-critical retail closure; DBR Critical and Non-Critical Retail Businesses List (rev. Apr. 3, 2020) lists 'Pet supply stores' among critical retail and 'Dog Groomers, dog day care, dog walkers' in the list (RI-074 l. 75; column not read in this research); elective procedures suspended March 2020 and resumed under RIDOH-approved plans from May 9, 2020 (EO 20-32 ¶ 11) - veterinary not named. | 'Dog Groomers, dog day care, dog walkers' listed in the DBR list (RI-074); personal services closed Mar. 23-June 1, 2020 (EO 20-09, 20-40). | Masks at work Apr. 18, 2020 and in public May 8, 2020-July 6, 2021 (EO 20-24, 20-30 series); RIDOH regulation to Aug. 31, 2021 (RI-071). | EO 21-68/21-69 (July 1-6) (RI-043, RI-044); quarantine-and-isolation orders (RI-036, RI-059); RIDOH health-care worker immunization rule Aug. 17, 2021 (RI-072; human health licensees). | CL GR BD RT WF CB | RI-074; RI-043; RI-044; RI-071; RI-072 | Confirmed from a secondary source |
| South CarolinaSC | No verified sector-specific instrument is indexed for this State in this table. The State's general orders are in the Library under the State's own page. | | | | | | |
| South DakotaSD | EO 2020-12 (Apr. 6-28, 2020): 'Postpone all non-essential elective surgeries' (SEC-02-052) - human health care; no closures. | No State closure; Brookings closed salons Mar. 23-Apr. 8, 2020. | Brookings Ordinance 21-001 (Feb. 9, 2021): 'Masks are required when obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings, including but not limited to, a hospital, pharmacy, medical clinic, laboratory, physician or dental office, veterinary clinic, or blood bank' (SD-078 l. 167), to Apr. 27, 2021. | Judicial emergency orders (SD-045, SD-088); no State instrument. | CL RT CB | SEC-02-052; SD-078; SD-088 | Primary source read (Brookings ordinance). |
| TennesseeTN | EO 22 (Mar. 30, 2020): Essential Services include 'veterinary care and all health care services provided to animals' (TN-007 l. 290; SEC-18-035); EO 18 (Mar. 23) and EO 25 (Apr. 8): elective and non-urgent procedures postponed at hospitals and ASCs and by 'All healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities' (SEC-02-026, -027) - veterinary not named; EO 36 (May 12, 2020) ¶ 7.12: 'Inspections of veterinary facilities are suspended' (Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1730-02-.02) (TN-017 l. 258); Sumner County Safer at Home (Mar. 23, 2020): 'Veterinary and pet supply business and services' essential (TN-076). | Close-contact personal services closed Mar. 31-May 6, 2020 (EO 21, EO 33); Knox County Phase Two (May 22, 2020) guidelines for 'Pet grooming, daycare programs and veterinary clinics' (MET-BNA-046 l. 894). | No statewide mask mandate; county mayoral orders July 2020-Apr. 2021. | EO 81, 82, 83 emergency (TN-033 to TN-035); EO 84 school mask opt-out (TN-036). | CL EM GR BD RT HR WF CB | TN-007; TN-017; TN-076; SEC-02-026; MET-BNA-046; TN-035 | Primary source read |
| TexasTX | GA-14 (Mar. 31, 2020) essential services per CISA v2.0 (veterinary health) (SEC-18-033); GA-09 (Mar. 22, 2020): 'all licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary' (SEC-02-011) - veterinary not named; Dallas County Amended Order (Mar. 22-Apr. 30, 2020): 'Animal Care Services. Animal shelters, veterinary care, and pet food and supply stores. Grooming, if necessary for the health and wellbeing of the animal. Pet daycare, but only for employees of Essential Businesses' (MET-DFW-007 l. 358; MET-DFW-010 to -015); Denton County declarations: 'pet grooming, pet boarding' listed among essential professional services (MET-DFW-079 l. 186; MET-DFW-080, -081); Austin, Travis, Hays, Bexar and San Antonio orders reference veterinary services (MET-AUS-003, MET-AUS-039, MET-SAT-007). | Dallas County: grooming only if necessary for the animal's health; daycare only for essential workers (MET-DFW-007); Denton County: essential (MET-DFW-079); statewide personal-care closure Apr. 2-May 8, 2020 (GA-14, GA-21). | GA-29 statewide masks July 3, 2020-Mar. 10, 2021; GA-34 no local mandates. | Disaster declaration (TX-001, TX-038); GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (TX-036); GA-39 (TX-037). | CL EM GR BD RT CB WF | SEC-18-033; SEC-02-011; MET-DFW-007; MET-DFW-079; MET-AUS-003; TX-036 | Primary source read (metro); Confirmed from a secondary source (State) |
| UtahUT | UPHO 2020-03 (Mar. 23, 2020; eff. 12:01 a.m. Mar. 25): 'all licensed health-care professionals and all licensed health-care facilities shall postpone all elective surgeries and procedures' (UT-003; the State file records its reach to veterinarians); Summit County Joint PHO 2020-03 (Mar. 25, 2020): 'urgent medical, dental, and veterinary procedures are restricted per Utah [order]' (MET-SLC-005 l. 294); UDOH order of Apr. 21/May 1, 2020 rescinding UPHO 2020-03 and imposing protocols on every 'covered healthcare provider,' defined to include 'veterinarian' (masks within six feet, one companion, screening, waiting rooms cleared) through May 15, 2020 (UT-014 l. 75); Wasatch County Stay Safe Stay Home (Mar. 30, 2020): 'pet supply and veterinary' essential (UT-055); Phased Guidelines: travel to a veterinarian permitted (UT-013). | County closures of personal services (Weber-Morgan Apr. 2; Salt Lake County; Wasatch) to May 1, 2020; pet grooming not named. | Employee masks from May 1, 2020 (EO 2020-19); statewide masks Nov. 9, 2020-Apr. 9, 2021. | UPHO 2020-17 statewide public health emergency (UT-025); court orders (UT-050, UT-051). | CL EM RT SC WF CB | UT-003; UT-014; UT-055; UT-013; MET-SLC-005; UT-025 | Primary source read |
| VermontVT | Addendum 6 to EO 01-20 Stay Home, Stay Safe (Mar. 24, 2020): essential services include 'veterinarians' (VT-010 l. 119); Addendum 3 (Mar. 20): non-essential adult elective surgery and medical and surgical procedures postponed (VT-007) - veterinary not named. | Addendum 10 (Apr. 17, 2020): 'Services operating with a single worker (such as appraisers, realtors, municipal clerks, attorneys, property managers, pet care operators and others), may resume operations so long as no more than 2 persons (service provider and client) are present at one time' (VT-015); pet grooming reopened with barbers (verified_secondary). | Employee masks Apr. 20, 2020 (VT-015 ¶ 1(c)); public masks Aug. 1, 2020-June 14, 2021 (VT-027, VT-098). | VT-044 et seq.; State-employee vaccination-or-testing Sept. 2021 (VT-083 to VT-085). | CL EM GR BD RT WF CB | VT-010; VT-007; VT-015; VT-027; VT-044 | Primary source read |
| VirginiaVA | EO 53 (Mar. 23, 2020) and EO 55 stay-home (Mar. 30-June 10); Order of Public Health Emergency Two (Mar. 25, 2020): procedures requiring PPE prohibited at hospitals, endoscopy centers, physicians' offices and dental offices (SEC-02-054) - veterinary not named; DOLI Emergency Temporary Standard 16VAC25-220 (July 15, 2020) and Final Permanent Standard (eff. Jan. 27, 2021; amended Sept. 8, 2021): 'veterinary settings' listed among medium-exposure-risk workplaces subject to mandatory infection-control duties (VA-036; VA-037 l. 257; VA-038). | EO 53 closed personal grooming (human); pet grooming under Phase One personal-care guidelines from May 15, 2020 (verified_secondary). | Masks May 29, 2020-May 28, 2021 (EO 63; EO 72). | DOLI 16VAC25-220 (VA-037) and as amended Sept. 8, 2021 (VA-038); Executive Directive 18 (State employees); judicial emergency orders (VA-041, VA-042). | CL EM GR BD RT OP WF CB | SEC-02-054; VA-036; VA-037; VA-038; VA-041 | Primary source read |
| WashingtonWA | Proclamation 20-25 Stay Home (Mar. 23, 2020) with the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workers list: 'Workers supporting veterinary hospitals and clinics'; 'Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in veterinary health' (WA-017 ll. 96, 211); Proclamation 20-24 (Mar. 19, 2020) non-urgent procedures prohibited at hospitals, ASCs and dental offices (SEC-02-028) - veterinary not named; Proclamation 21-14 (Aug. 9, 2021) health-care vaccination mandate expressly excludes 'Veterinary health care settings' (WA-077 l. 300; WA-079; WA-087). | Pet grooming outside Phase 1; Safe Start plan: 'Pet grooming' in Phase 2 and, in Modified Phase 1, 'occupancy limited to 25% of building occupancy' (WA-034 l. 337); King County Phase 2 application (June 15, 2020): 'All pet grooming services... are subject to Phase 2 guidance which restricts client occupancy to 50%' (MET-SEA-029 l. 396). | Employee masks June 8, 2020 (WA-035); public masks June 26, 2020 (WA-037); 'no mask, no service' July 7, 2020 (WA-040); 25 percent personal services Nov. 17, 2020-Mar. 2021 (WA-047). | Proclamation 20-25.14 Washington Ready (WA-072); Order 20-03.3 (July 1-Aug. 22) and 20-03.4 universal indoor masks from Aug. 23, 2021 (WA-070, WA-078); Proclamation 21-14 (WA-077); L&I requirements. | CL EM GR BD RT WF CB | WA-017; SEC-02-028; WA-034; MET-SEA-029; WA-037; WA-078; WA-077 | Primary source read |
| West VirginiaWV | EO 9-20 stay-home (Mar. 23, 2020) with CISA essential list; EO 16-20 (Apr. 1, 2020): 'All elective medical procedures are hereby prohibited... in hospitals, offices, and clinics' (WV-014) - veterinary not named; EO 30-20 (Apr. 27) offices of Chapter 30 licensees may resume from Apr. 30 (WV-024). | EO 6-20 closed salons Mar. 20, 2020; EO 32-20 (May 4, 2020) reopened 'dog groomers' with hair salons by appointment (WV-026, per the West Virginia file). | Masks July 7, 2020 (EO 50-20) and in all indoor public spaces Nov. 14, 2020 (EO 77-20) to June 20, 2021. | State of Emergency (WV-001); EO 13-21 nursing-home testing (WV-064); EO 28-20 and 30-20 PPE plans kept in force by EO 12-21 (WV-023, WV-024). | CL GR RT CB WF | WV-014; WV-024; WV-026; WV-041; WV-051; WV-001 | Confirmed from a secondary source (grooming per State file). |
| WisconsinWI | Emergency Order 12 Safer at Home (Mar. 24, 2020) § 13: 'Healthcare and Public Health Operations also includes veterinary care [and all healthcare services provided to animals]. Non-essential veterinary care should be avoided' (WI-002 ll. 233-235; SEC-18-034); § 14: animal shelters, boarding, rescues, kennels and adoption facilities essential (WI-002 l. 447); Emergency Order 28 (Apr. 16, 2020) same (WI-003 ll. 375-376, 585); ended May 13, 2020 by Wisconsin Legislature v. Palm (WI-007). | Animal boarding and kennels essential (WI-002); pet grooming not listed (closed with personal services Mar. 25-May 13, 2020; verified_secondary). | DHS mask orders Aug. 1, 2020-Mar. 31, 2021 (EO 82 to EO 105; Fabick v. Evers, WI-021). | Local health officer powers under Wis. Stat. ch. 252 (WI-039); Supreme Court May 21, 2021 order (WI-029). | CL EM GR BD RT WF CB | WI-002; WI-003; WI-007; WI-021; WI-039 | Primary source read |
| WyomingWY | No verified sector-specific instrument is indexed for this State in this table. The State's general orders are in the Library under the State's own page. | | | | | | |