The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; Coronavirus Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, D.C. Act 23-328; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-06-19 June 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-22 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-06-22)
- End
- 'for the duration of the public health emergency or until it is repealed, modified, or superseded'; modified by MO 2020-103 (Oct. 7, 2020), 2020-119, 2020-123, 2020-126, 2020-127, 2021-038; general restrictions lifted May 21 and June 11, 2021 (MO 2021-069) (read as 2020-10-07)
- In force
- June 22, 2020 to Oct. 7, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- the public
- nonessential retail
- personal services
- nonessential non-retail businesses
- bars and nightclubs
- restaurants
- gyms and recreation facilities
- theatres and entertainment venues
- places of worship
- child care centers
- museums
- libraries
- colleges and universities
- real estate agents and developers
- construction supervisors
- nursing homes and assisted living
- dentists
- Functions reached
- GATH over fifty
- SF retail at fifty percent
- SL nail, waxing, tattoo and skin services by appointment
- OF telework to the greatest extent consistent with operations
- BA bars and nightclubs closed
- DR indoor dining at fifty percent, seated, no bar seating
- FC gyms five per 1,000 sq ft
- PE theatres, cinemas and venues closed absent waiver
- WS worship fifty percent or one hundred
- EC child care reopened at pre-pandemic ratios under OSSE/DOH guidance
- SH open houses fifty persons
- JS construction site plans and mandated PPE
- RS residents of congregate facilities confined; visitation restricted
- LG hotel pools closed
- CP universities only under accepted plans
- Collection
- District of Columbia DC
Operative words
The prohibition on large gatherings of more than ten (10) individuals... is repealed and replaced by a prohibition on mass gatherings of over fifty (50) persons... nonessential retail businesses may open to customers for indoor shopping, provided that the establishment: a. Limits the number of persons in the establishment at fifty percent (50%) of occupancy... Businesses shall continue to have employees telework to the greatest extent consistent with their business operations.... Bars, nightclubs and mixed-use facilities shall remain closed, except to the extent that they are serving food... Restaurants and other licensed food establishments may open for indoor dining with the following minimum safeguards: a. All indoor dining/drinking customers must be seated... c. Bar seating is prohibited if any bartender is working at that bar... may serve customers up to fifty percent (50%) of their maximum capacity... Absent a waiver, these venues, including theatres, cinemas, and other entertainment remain closed.... In no event shall attendance at any service exceed fifty percent (50%) of the capacity of the facility... or one hundred (100) persons, whichever is fewer.... Fitness establishments... may open with capacity limits of five (5) persons per one thousand (1,000) square feet... All individuals residing at a facility specified in this section [assisted living, skilled nursing, ICF, CRF] are ordered to stay at their place of residence
Enforcement
D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties including civil fines or summary suspension or revocation of licenses (sec. XVII); DOH guidance and regulatory agencies' orders 'must be followed' (sec. II.3)
Notes
Museums fifty per room; libraries fifty percent; camps ten per cohort; recreation facilities fifty per room or fifty percent; hot tubs, saunas, hookah and cigar bars closed; dentists authorized to administer COVID-19 tests; mass gathering defined to exclude office spaces, hotels and retail where close contact is unusual, and federal property
Retrieval noteText-layer PDF (12 pp.) with some glyph drop-out in headings; operative sections read in full.