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Ex. MET-CHI-019 Order Primary source read

Public Health Order No. 2020-10

Quarantine Restrictions on Persons Entering Chicago from High Incidence States (Emergency Travel Order)

Commissioner of Health of the City of Chicago · City of Chicago, Illinois (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Chicago, Illinois · Chicago · Illinois
Level
City
Authority
Municipal Code of Chicago ch. 2-112; City of Chicago Isolation and Quarantine Rules; 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.1330
Issued
2020-07-02 July 2, 2020
Effective
2020-07-06 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-07-06)
End
Re-issued Nov. 13, 2020 (Ex. MET-CHI-020); converted to an advisory June 29, 2021 (CDPH travel page as archived Sept. 1, 2021) (read as 2020-11-13)
In force
July 6, 2020 to Nov. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons entering the City of Chicago from a High Incidence State
  • businesses (protocols for employee business travel)
Functions reached
  • TV travel demand into Chicago (conventions, McCormick Place, tourism)
  • MK trade shows and customer visits
  • WF employee business travel
  • LG hotels asked to communicate the Order to guests
  • CB out-of-State customers
Collection
Chicago MET-CHI

Operative words

SECTION 1. All persons entering the City of Chicago from a state with a COVID-19 new case rate greater than 15 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 resident population per day, over a 7-day rolling average ('High Incidence State') shall be subject to mandatory self-quarantine for 14 days or the duration of the person's presence in Chicago, whichever is shorter, unless exempted in a protocol issued pursuant to Section 2 of this Order.... SECTION 4. The Commissioner may take immediate action... including, pursuant to City of Chicago Isolation and Quarantine Rules and 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.1330, issuing a written or verbal order of quarantine

Enforcement

Sec. 5: applicable penalties provided by law; Sec. 4 quarantine orders under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 690.1330

Notes

The State list was updated weekly and at times covered most States; essential-worker exception limited to the essential purpose

Retrieval note

The bundled row's end date ('rescinded June 2021') is corrected to: converted to an advisory June 29, 2021.