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Executive Order 20-02

Declaration of Public Health Emergency for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak

Governor Eric J. Holcomb · Indiana (State)

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Jurisdiction
Indiana
Level
State
Authority
Ind. Code ch. 10-14-3 (Emergency Management and Disaster Law), § 10-14-3-12 (declaration of disaster emergency)
Issued
2020-03-06 Mar. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-03-06
End
Renewed every thirty days without interruption (EO 20-17, 20-25, 20-30, 20-34, 20-38, 20-41, 20-44, 20-47, 20-49, 20-52, 21-03, 21-05, 21-08, 21-11, 21-14, 21-16, 21-18, 21-22, 21-26, 21-28, 21-31, 21-33, 22-01); rescinded 7:00 p.m. Mar. 3, 2022 (EO 22-09) (read as 2022-03-03)
In force
Mar. 6, 2020 to Mar. 3, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all State agencies
  • ISDH
  • local health officials
  • health care providers and hospitals
Functions reached
  • predicate for all functions
Collection
Indiana IN

Operative words

Declare that a public health disaster emergency exists in Indiana attributable to COVID-19.... Order all state and local health officials, law enforcement and emergency response agencies, health care providers, and hospitals, in our State to cooperate with the ISDH in its response to the public health disaster emergency and the implementation of this Executive Order.... This Executive Order and declaration of a public health disaster emergency in our State shall by law expire thirty (30) days from the date below, unless extended.

Enforcement

Predicate for every subsequent order; Ind. Code § 10-14-3-34 (knowing, intentional or reckless violation of an order under the chapter; recited in the 2020 orders as a Class B misdemeanor)

Notes

Designates ISDH as lead agency. Every later COVID order is 'a supplement to, and deemed to be part of' this declaration.

Retrieval note

Scanned image PDF from the Governor's archive; text read by OCR of the signed order.