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Ex. DUT-MA-032 Standing duty Confirmed from a secondary source

DPH Stay-at-Home Advisory (Mar. 23, 2020); Safer at Home Advisory (May 18, 2020); Stay at Home Advisory 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-009; cross-reference; verified_secondary; no file)

Department of Public Health stay-at-home and safer-at-home advisories

Department of Public Health (Commissioner Monica Bharel) · Massachusetts (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Massachusetts
Level
State
Authority
G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; G.L. c. 111, s. 6 (advisory issued alongside COVID-19 Order No. 13)
Issued
2020-03-23 Mar. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24
End
Safer at Home Advisory from May 18, 2020; nightly advisory Nov. 6, 2020 to Jan. 25, 2021 (read as 2020-05-18)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to May 18, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeOther
Addressees
  • persons generally (advisory)
Character
recommendation only
Collection
Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA

Penalty

None of its own

What it required

The Department advised residents to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel and activities; recorded as a recommendation. Its legal effect on businesses came from the instruments that bound them the same day: Order No. 13's closure of non-essential premises and its incorporation of the DPH Guidance for essential operators ('shall'), and the standing statutes.

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