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Board of Health Resolution No. 20-08

Resolution No. 20-08 (Declaration of Public Health Emergency, COVID-19)

Board of Health of the City of Columbus (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Secretary; Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, RN, President Pro Tempore) · City of Columbus and City of Worthington, Ohio (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Columbus and City of Worthington, Ohio · Columbus · Ohio
Level
City
Authority
Columbus City Health Code ch. 775; R.C. ch. 3709; contract between Columbus Public Health and the City of Worthington executed Dec. 2, 2019, approved Jan. 27, 2020
Issued
2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13 (adopted Mar. 13, 2020; signed copy dated Mar. 17, 2020) (read as 2020-03-13)
End
Self-terminating after thirty days unless renewed; renewed by the Health Commissioner every thirty days through at least Feb. 17, 2022 (read as 2022-02-17)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to Feb. 17, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the public
  • all persons and premises within Columbus and Worthington
Functions reached
  • predicate for every CPH order
  • CB customer base (declared emergency in the metro core)
Collection
Columbus MET-CMH

Operative words

a state of public health emergency is declared in the cities of Columbus and Worthington; SECTION 1: The entire jurisdictions of the cities of Columbus and Worthington are subject to this declaration of public health emergency. SECTION 2: This declaration shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect until terminated after a finding that the occurrence or condition that caused the public health emergency no longer exists or is threatened. In any event, this declaration shall automatically be terminated after thirty (30) days unless renewed by the Board of Health and/or the Health Commissioner.

Enforcement

Predicate for Health Commissioner orders under Columbus Health Code § 775.04(a)(1) and R.C. ch. 3707 (see Ex. MET-CMH-007)

Notes

Recited in every later Columbus instrument (Ord. 1643-2020, Ord. 2388-2021, EO 2021-01). Companion Res. 20-09 (Ex. MET-CMH-005) delegated authority to the Health Commissioner.

Retrieval note

Attachment to Columbus City Council Public Notice PN0111-2020 (Legistar Matter 114059). Scanned; text read from page images.