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Ex. KS-086 Order Primary source read

Emergency Public Health Order of the Sedgwick County Local Health Officer amending and replacing the order of Nov. 24, 2020 (Dec. 8, 2020)

Masks, gathering caps, social distancing and restrictions on bars and restaurants continued (ICU capacity recital)

Sedgwick County Local Health Officer · Sedgwick County, Kansas (County)

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Jurisdiction
Sedgwick County, Kansas · Kansas
Level
County
Authority
K.S.A. 65-119, 65-202
Issued
2020-12-08 Dec. 8, 2020
Effective
2020-12-10 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-12-10)
End
Replaced Jan. 6, 2021 (read as 2021-01-06)
In force
Dec. 10, 2020 to Jan. 6, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • the public
  • all businesses and organizations
  • bars and restaurants
Functions reached
  • DR
  • BA
  • GATH
  • MASK
  • SF
  • FC
Collection
Kansas KS

Operative words

WHEREAS, in-person dining in restaurants and in-person activities within bars, night clubs, and other businesses licensed to sell alcohol for on-premises consumption present heightened risks of person-to-person spread of COVID-19...; WHEREAS, the intensive care units at the largest hospitals within Sedgwick County are at or very near full capacity...; WHEREAS,... requiring that masks or other face coverings be worn in public, limiting the size of public gatherings, requiring social distancing, and placing certain other restrictions on act[ivities are necessary]... NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the Sedgwick County Local Health Officer... 'Mass gatherings' mean gatherings of individuals within specific enclosed, confined, or designated public spaces, whether indoors or outdoors.

Enforcement

K.S.A. 65-119, 65-129; county penalty resolution (Nov. 2020).

Notes

Recites the White House Coronavirus Task Force 'red zone' report of Nov. 15, 2020 for Kansas.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Jan. 30, 2021).