The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Fourth Revision to the Twenty-Seventh Modification (Ex. DE-033) and Twenty-Seventh Modification § A.5 (Ex. DE-031); 20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3125; 16 Del. C. § 107
- Issued
- 2020-12-10 Dec. 10, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-14 (with the Fourth Revision, Ex. DE-033) (read as 2020-12-14)
- End
- the stay-at-home advisory and the enforcement posture continued 'until further notice' under the Fifth Revision (Ex. DE-034, Jan. 8, 2021); the capacity regime ended May 21, 2021 (Ex. DE-037) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Dec. 14, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursOperating condition
- Addressees
- Character
- agency position statement
- Collection
- Standing duties: Delaware DUT-DE
Operative words
Governor Carney and the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) also on Thursday announced a zero-tolerance enforcement policy for businesses during the Stay-at-Home advisory. A first violation of COVID-19 restrictions will result in an immediate civil fine. A second violation will result in closure, until the establishment submits a reopening plan approved by DPH.
Penalty
immediate civil fine (first violation); closure until a DPH-approved reopening plan (second violation)
What it required
Every business was on notice that a first violation of the COVID-19 restrictions would draw an immediate civil fine and a second violation closure until DPH approved a reopening plan. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).
Retrieval noteThe release also announces the Dec. 14, 2020 restrictions (stay-at-home advisory, 10:00 p.m. closing for restaurants and bars, 30 percent capacity, universal indoor face coverings) codified in the Fourth Revision (Ex. DE-033).