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Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-006

Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order and Implementing a Safer at Home Public Health Emergency Order; Continuing Daily Curfews

Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Office of Environmental Health and Protection Program · Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal government (Tribal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Navajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal government
Level
Tribal
Authority
NNC Res. CO-50-14; CEM Res. 20-03-11
Issued
2021-03-10 Mar. 10, 2021
Effective
2021-03-15
End
2021-04-09 (stay-at-home re-issued by PHEO 2021-008, Ex. AZ-076); Safer at Home restated by PHEO 2021-012 (June 18, 2021, Ex. AZ-078) (read as 2021-04-09)
In force
Mar. 15, 2021 to Apr. 9, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hours
Addressees
  • all individuals on the Navajo Nation
  • businesses
  • visitors and tourists
Functions reached
  • GATH gatherings capped at 10
  • CB customer base under nightly curfew
  • SF sales floor at Orange Status occupancy
  • TR roads closed to visitors and tourists (tourism, vendors, contractors)
  • WF workforce
Collection
Tribal governments AGY-TRIBAL

Operative words

A. The Navajo Nation's Shelter in Place (Stay at Home) Public Health Emergency Order is rescinded and replaced with a Safer at Home Public Health Emergency Order. Under this Safer at Home Order, individuals are required to exercise personal responsibility to practice everyday preventive actions, which include: wearing a mask in public, [avoiding] unnecessary travel, avoiding unnecessary public gatherings... B. Gatherings of 10 or fewer people are permitted.... [no more than the status-schedule] capacity be allowed in any enclosed space; that six-foot social distancing is practiced; masks are required... E. The Navajo Nation's roads remain closed to visitors and tourists for the duration of the [emergency]... F. Daily Curfew Hours: A daily 9:00 P.M MDT to 5:00 A.M. MDT curfew applies to all [individuals]... NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this Order shall remain in effect indefinitely, unless [rescinded or modified].

Enforcement

Failure to comply constitutes an imminent threat (recited); Orange Status for businesses from Mar. 15, 2021

Notes

The Safer at Home framework that governed 2021 Q2 and Q3 (restated June 18 and Aug. 4, 2021)