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Executive Order No. 7Q (Mar. 30, 2020), sec. 3

Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Limits on Child Care Group Sizes, Enhanced Health Procedures, Remote Notarization

Governor Ned Lamont; Office of Early Childhood (implementing orders) · Connecticut (State)

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Jurisdiction
Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; section 19a-79 modified
Issued
2020-03-30 Mar. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-03-30
End
Group cap modified June 2, 2020 (EO 7VV) and made modifiable by OEC June 17, 2020 (EO 7AAA s.2); health procedures modifiable by OEC (EO 7BBB s.5); remote notarization (s.3) extended for the duration by EO 7ZZ s.12 and to June 30, 2021 by EO 12B (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child careCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all child care facilities, group and family child care homes, youth camps and license-exempt programs
  • notaries and commissioners of the Superior Court
Functions reached
  • EC extended care and child care (ratios, cohorts)
  • WF workforce dependent on child care
  • CL closings (remote notarization procedures)
Collection
Connecticut CT

Operative words

all child care facilities shall limit group sizes to no more than ten children in one space, and to authorize the Commissioner of Early Childhood to issue any implementing orders she deems necessary. Any childcare operation seeking to caring for more than thirty children in one facility shall seek approval to do so from the Commissioner and demonstrate sufficient separation of groups within the facility.... All children and childcare workers shall be screened before entrance to any childcare operation... for any observable illness, including cough or respiratory distress, and to confirm body temperature below one hundred degrees Fahrenheit.

Enforcement

OEC licensing enforcement (Regs. Conn. State Agencies 19a-87b-15); Conn. Gen. Stat. section 28-22

Notes

Section 3 set remote-notarization procedures used for real estate closings and legal documents throughout the period.