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Ex. AGY-TERRITORIES-081 Order Primary source read

Executive Order No. 2020-05

Relative to Mandating Social Isolation, Lifting Restrictions on Health Care Licensure, and Clarifying Status of Non-Essential Government of Guam Operations

Governor Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero · Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor (Territorial)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Guam (unincorporated territory) - Governor
Level
Territorial
Authority
"by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Organic Act of Guam, as amended, do hereby order"
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20, 12:00 noon (read as 2020-03-20)
End
2020-03-30 as written; extended by EO 2020-06 (Mar. 24), 2020-09 (Apr. 13) and 2020-11 (Apr. 30) to May 10, 2020 (read as 2020-03-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Mar. 30, 2020
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care orders
Addressees
  • all persons (gatherings)
  • any place of business or public accommodation
  • health care professionals (licensure)
  • Government of Guam agencies
Functions reached
  • SF every non-essential place of business closed
  • DR dining closed
  • GATH all public gatherings prohibited
  • CB public isolated
  • WF
  • OP
  • FC, PE, AM venues closed
  • HR health-care licensure eased
Collection
Territorial governments AGY-TERRITORIES

Operative words

1. PROHIBITION ON GATHERINGS AND MANDATORY SOCIAL ISOLATION. Pursuant to Section 3317, Article 3, Chapter 3 of Title 10, Guam Code Annotated, effective immediately and through March 30, 2020, all public gatherings or congregations for purposes of public entertainment, recreation, food [service and the like are prohibited]... 2. [CLOSURE OF NON-ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES]. Effective at 12 o'clock noon on March 20, 2020 and through March 30, 2020, any place of business or public accommodation shall close and be [prohibited from operating]. This prohibition on operations shall not apply to the following: Healthcare [and the other essential businesses listed]... DPHSS and the DRT shall enforce this Order and, if necessary, [pursue] revocation of their business license or other penalties as available in law or rule.

Enforcement

Department of Public Health and Social Services and Department of Revenue and Taxation; business license revocation; penalties under law

Notes

Guam's lockdown order; the essential-business list excepts health care, grocery, pharmacies, utilities and similar

Retrieval note

Legislature archive copy (Doc. No. 35GL-20-1666); scan read by OCR. in_force_quarters is per instrument (brief, sec.