The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Level
- State
- Authority
- R.C. 3701.13 (Ex. DUT-OH-001), through the Director's Orders that incorporated the document
- Issued
- 2020-04-27 Apr. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-12 (Ex. OH-019 para. 12); written into Ex. OH-025 para. 14 from May 29, 2020; posted amendments incorporated by reference by Ex. OH-098 para. 2 from July 6, 2020 (read as 2020-05-12)
- End
- 2021-04-05 (rescission of the May 29, 2020 order, Ex. OH-046 para. 5); the retail compliance order (Ex. OH-037) carried the retail mask and posting conditions to June 2, 2021 (read as 2021-04-05)
- In force
- May 12, 2020 to Apr. 5, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- specified businesses: consumer, retail and service establishments
- Character
- guidance incorporated
- Collection
- Standing duties: Ohio DUT-OH
Operative words
Mandatory: Ensure min 6 ft between people, if not possible, install barriers; Employees must perform daily symptom assessment*; Face coverings must be worn at all times; Face coverings to be worn while shopping or visiting; Establish maximum capacity (e.g. 50% of fire code); Food courts remain closed. Recommended Best Practices: Where possible, accept customers by appointment only
Penalty
As a condition of the Director's Orders: R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); from November 16, 2020, closure of the premises for up to twenty-four hours on a notice of violation (Ex. OH-037 para. 9)
What it required
Made distancing or barriers, employee face coverings 'at all times,' customer face coverings 'while shopping or visiting,' daily symptom assessment, exclusion of symptomatic employees, hand sanitizer placement, hourly disinfection of high-contact surfaces, staggered customer entry, a maximum capacity and the closure of self-service food stations and food courts the mandatory conditions of operating a retail or consumer-service business in Ohio from May 12, 2020 (the 'Mandatory' column, carried into the order text of Ex. OH-025 para. 14 with 'are to take the following actions,' 'Ensure,' 'must'); appointment-only service, supplying face coverings at entry and weekly deep cleaning are listed as 'Recommended Best Practices.'
Retrieval noteSame retrieval history as Ex. DUT-OH-018 (raw capture 20200428101700 given to the tool as the live URL after the archive's CDX index failed). Two-column document ('Mandatory' | 'Recommended Best Practices') with rows for Employees, Customers & Guests, Physical Spaces and Confirmed Cases; the order text of Ex. OH-025 para. 14 reproduces the Mandatory column, and the Retail and Business Compliance order (Ex. OH-037) carried the retail mask, signage and inspection conditions to June 2, 2021.