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Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to September 20, 2020)

Proclamation extending the Public Health Disaster Emergency to September 20, 2020 and continuing the establishment distancing mandates, gathering rule, surgery, dental, screening, in-person instruction and remote-learning provisions

Governor Kim Reynolds · Iowa (State)

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Jurisdiction
Iowa
Level
State
Authority
Iowa Code §§ 29C.6(1), (6), 135.140(6), 135.144(3)
Issued
2020-08-21 Aug. 21, 2020
Effective
2020-08-21
End
11:59 p.m. September 20, 2020 (read as 2020-09-20)
In force
Aug. 21, 2020 to Sept. 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all establishments
  • gathering organizers
  • hospitals
  • dentists
  • health facilities
  • schools
Functions reached
  • DR/BA/FC/AM/SL/PE seated distancing mandates continued
  • GATH conditional
  • SX/CH/IC health orders continued
  • IN/RL school instruction rules
Collection
Iowa IA

Operative words

'such public health disaster continues to exist and should be extended until September 20, 2020.' Section headings: PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE IOWANS; REOPENING OF BUSINESSES AND ESTABLISHMENTS; MASS GATHERINGS; NONESSENTIAL OR ELECTIVE SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES; DENTAL SERVICES; MANDATORY SCREENING OF HEALTH FACILITY STAFF; IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AT SCHOOLS; AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN REMOTE LEARNING; EDUCATION WORKFORCE LICENSURE RELIEF; RETIRED TEACHERS; TEMPORARY TEACHER LICENSURE; EDUCATION FIELD EXPERIENCE FLEXIBILITY; PRIVATE INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS REQUIREMENTS; REGULATORY RELIEF TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; TELEHEALTH SERVICES; PHARMACY THERAPEUTIC SUBSTITUTION; SUSPENSION OF INVOLUNTARY DISCHARGE FOR NONPAYMENT; PROFESSIONAL LICENSING RELIEF; EMS PROVIDER TRAINING REGULATORY RELIEF; FOOD ESTABLISHMENT LICENSURE RELIEF; FINANCIAL RELIEF.

Enforcement

Iowa Code § 135.144(3); peace officers; state agencies monitor

Notes

The August 27, 2020 bar-closure proclamation (IA-023) operates alongside this instrument ('provided that the establishment otherwise complies with all relevant requirements of the public health proclamation issued on August 21, 2020').

Retrieval note

Twenty-eight-page scanned PDF retrieved from the Wayback Machine (the Governor's site no longer serves it) and read by OCR (headings and recital).