The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2021-02-04 Feb. 4, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-02-12 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (occupancy); 2021-02-04 9:00 a.m. E.D.T. (price gouging; voting) (issued Feb. 4, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.) (read as 2021-02-12)
- End
- Struck May 21, 2021 (DE-037) (read as 2021-05-21)
- In force
- Feb. 12, 2021 to May 21, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersOther
- Addressees
- food and drink establishments
- retail
- exercise facilities
- houses of worship
- arts venues
- public bodies
- vaccination providers
- sports organizers
- all persons doing business (price gouging)
- Functions reached
- DR/SF/FC/WS/PE capacity to 50 percent
- GATH indoor events still capped at 10 until Feb. 19
- CB stay-at-home advisory text continued
- IC vaccine providers
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
'Sections E, G, I, N, O, and P are hereby modified, effective Friday, February 12, [2021 at 8:00 a.m.]'. § N.2: 'Indoor gatherings or events at any business or indoor space open to the public of up to the lesser of... fifty percent (50%) stated fire occupancy [or ten (10) people]'; 'maximum occupancy for a business means... fifty percent (50%) of stated fire occupancy'; 'For fixed seating venues, only... fifty percent (50%) of patron [seating]'; food and drink establishments 'shall not exceed... fifty percent (50%) of stated fire occupancy'; '2. Establishments that are not able to reach at least... fifty percent (50%) of fire code occupancy (excluding staff) while complying [with distancing may request a DPH plan].' § I: public meetings 'shall not exceed... fifty percent (50%) of stated fire [occupancy].' § N (Individual Obligations, effective December 14, 2020, carried): residents 'advised and strongly encouraged to stay home as often as possible and to only leave home to go to work or school, or for necessary needs'; 'a. Do not gather with anyone outside of your household, in their home or yours.' § E.4: 'Effective February 4, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. E.D.T., no person doing business in this State [may raise prices] more than ten percent (10%) from the cost customarily applied.' Recital: 'timely and effective distribution of the COVID-19 Vaccine will require' provider reporting.
Enforcement
Omnibus § P.2; vaccine-reporting fines and allocation reductions (Governor's release); price-gouging violation 'deemed an unlawful practice'
Notes
Governor's release: news.delaware.gov/2021/02/04/governor-carney-issues-update-to-omnibus-covid-19-emergency-declaration/ (occupancy changes effective 8:00 a.m. Feb. 12, 2021). The Tenth Revision's recital describes it as 'requiring Delaware [schools to offer in-person instruction]'.
Retrieval noteRead (operative lines); strike-through/insertion format.