The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maine
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 37-B M.R.S. §§ 741(3)(H), 742(1)(C)(2), (5), (8), (12), 827, 786
- Issued
- 2020-06-09 June 9, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-09; § II 2020-07-01 (New Hampshire/Vermont exemption 2020-06-12) (read as 2020-06-09)
- End
- Amended Dec. 9, 2020 (EO 18 FY 20/21) and Mar. 5, 2021 (EO 35 FY 20/21); test-or-quarantine requirement lifted administratively May 1, 2021; expired June 30, 2021 (EO 40) (read as 2020-12-09)
- In force
- June 9, 2020 to Dec. 9, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons, residents and non-residents, who travel into Maine from other states
- hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, short term rentals, RV parks, campgrounds
- Functions reached
- TV travel demand into Maine
- LG lodging check-in compliance
- GS group and convention sales
- WF out-of-state workforce and business travelers
- MK trade shows
- CB seasonal customer base
- Collection
- Maine ME
Operative words
II. Unless exempted as set forth below, all persons, residents and non-residents of Maine, who travel into Maine from other states, shall either: A. Receive a recent negative test for COVID-19 in accordance with standards established by Maine CDC and set forth in the Keep Maine Healthy Plan; or B. Quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Maine.... This certificate shall be used by lodging operations and accommodations as a prerequisite to check-in. Lodging operations and accommodations must collect (on paper or electronically) a complete certificate stating compliance with this Order from each individual subject to this requirement as a prerequisite to check-in.... This section shall not apply to residents of New Hampshire and Vermont
Enforcement
§ IV: enforceable by any department that licenses lodging, businesses, buildings, parks and campgrounds; 'A violation of this Order may be construed to be a violation of any such license'; 37-B M.R.S. § 786 law enforcement
Notes
Recitals: 22 million non-resident visits in 2019; projected 7-10 million in 2020; half from states with case rates 8-11 times Maine's. Later exemptions by Maine CDC determination: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut (July 3, 2020); Massachusetts (Sept. 23 to Nov. 16, 2020); Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island (Mar. 5, 2021) (Governor's releases).