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Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston

Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston

Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves · City of Boston (Suffolk County), Massachusetts (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Boston (Suffolk County), Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts
Level
City
Authority
M.G.L. c. 111, s. 30; Boston Public Health Act of 1995, M.G.L. c. 111 App. ss. 2-6; M.G.L. c. 111, s. 181
Issued
2020-03-15 Mar. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-03-15
End
Initial term to April 27, 2020; extended April 24, 2020 'until rescinded by the Interim Executive Director' (Ex. MET-BOS-002); recited as remaining 'in full force and effect' on Dec. 14, 2020, Aug. 20, 2021 and Aug. 31, 2021 (Ex. 010, 013, 040) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 15, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Addressees
  • Boston Public Health Commission
  • all healthcare partners within the City of Boston
Functions reached
  • predicate for all Boston BPHC orders
  • IC hospital and health-care reporting to the MIC
Collection
Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DELCARED THAT A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY EXISTS WITHIN THE CITY OF BOSTON.... 1. The Interim Executive Director... shall immediately implement any and all measures and recommendations for the prevention and control of COVID-19 as circumstances may require.... 5. All healthcare partners within the City of Boston will be expected to communicate current response activities and situational awareness to BPHC's Medical Intelligence Center (MIC)... This declaration shall be in full force and effect as of the 15th day of March, 2020 and shall remain in effect until April 27, 2020, unless circumstances warrant an extension by the Interim Executive Director.

Enforcement

Predicate for every subsequent BPHC order; isolation and quarantine powers under the Commonwealth's laws and BPHC's Isolation and Quarantine Regulation of 2003 (para. 4)

Notes

Recites as its threshold the closing of a Boston Public School, 'closing of a major hospitality business due to multiple positive cases' and 'positive cases related to a large corporate event'. Scanned PDF (no text layer); read from rendered pages.

Retrieval note

Signed by Rita Nieves, Interim Executive Director, dated March 15, 2020.

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