The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Act 23-247; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-04-08 Apr. 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-09 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-04-09)
- End
- 2020-04-24 by its terms or the date to which the emergency was extended; farmers-market waiver regime carried into Phase One (MO 2020-067 sec. VI) and Phase Two (MO 2020-075 sec. VIII.1) (read as 2020-04-24)
- In force
- Apr. 9, 2020 to Apr. 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- Retail Food Sellers (grocery stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants operating for takeout)
- farmers' and fish markets
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor customer limits and queuing
- WF employee masks and gloves
- MK farmers markets closed absent waiver
- KT food supply
- Collection
- District of Columbia DC
Operative words
Retail Food Sellers must implement and enforce the following social distancing protocols... [farmers' and fish markets are removed from the list of Essential Businesses] and shall only operate upon issuance of a waiver.... [Retail Food Sellers must provide employees] with gloves and cloth or surgical masks and instruct employees on safe use. All gloves and masks shall be procured by businesses
Enforcement
Any entity that knowingly violates this Order shall be subject to all civil and administrative penalties authorized by law, including sanctions or penalties for violating D.C. Official Code 7-2307, including civil fine or summary suspension or revocation of licensure; DCRA and DC Health inspections and notices of infraction
Notes
Customer limits at registers and in stores; hand sanitizer; signage; self-quarantine protocol on a positive employee; farmers markets under approved plans only
Retrieval noteScanned PDF; read by OCR. VI and 2020-075 sec. VIII.1 (Exs. DC-029, DC-079), which carry their own records).