The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Connecticut
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a (public health emergency) and 28-9 (civil preparedness emergency)
- Issued
- 2020-03-10 Mar. 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-10
- End
- 2020-09-09 (renewed and re-declared Sept. 1, 2020, Ex. CT-025) (read as 2020-09-09)
- In force
- Mar. 10, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- the State
- municipal and district directors of health
- local officials
- Functions reached
- predicate for every order below
- WF (isolation and quarantine powers delegated to local health directors)
- Collection
- Connecticut CT
Operative words
I hereby declare a public health emergency and civil preparedness emergency throughout the State, pursuant to Sections 19a-131a and 28-9 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Such public health emergency and civil preparedness emergency shall remain in effect through September 9th, 2020, unless terminated earlier by me. Specifically, in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-131a (f), I hereby authorize and direct the Commissioner of Public Health to delegate the powers regarding isolation or quarantine to municipal and district directors of public health.
Enforcement
Conn. Gen. Stat. section 28-22 (violation of civil preparedness orders); section 19a-131b (isolation and quarantine orders)
Notes
Directs municipalities, local health and education officials to apply risk management 'to decisions about whether to cancel, modify, or postpone large gatherings, public events, or travel'.
Retrieval notePredicate only under Notice 2021-20 Q&A-10 reasoning; pleaded as the legal predicate that gave every order below force.