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Fourteenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency, No. 21MS000358

Fourteenth General Order in Response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Emergency

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, General Division (McIntosh, Adm. J.) · Franklin County, Ohio (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Franklin County, Ohio · Columbus · Ohio
Level
Court
Authority
Ohio Const. art. IV; R.C. ch. 2301; Sup. R. 4
Issued
2021-10-08 Oct. 8, 2021
Effective
2021-10-08
End
2021-12-10 (superseded by the Fifteenth General Order; the series continued to a Seventeenth General Order in 2022) (read as 2021-12-10)
In force
Oct. 8, 2021 to Dec. 10, 2021
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • every person entering the courthouse
  • court employees
  • jurors
Functions reached
  • CT courts
  • WF
Collection
Columbus MET-CMH

Operative words

7. Beginning November 1, 2021, the Court will operate utilizing a rotating docket schedule for jury trials only through December 31, 2021.... This will maintain a maximum of two judicial trials per floor per week.... 8. Any individual entering the courthouse is required to wear a protective mask, covering the nose and mouth unless a medically documented reason prevents the person from covering their face.

Enforcement

Order of court

Notes

Post-period instrument saved to show that the third-quarter 2021 protocols (Exs. MET-CMH-042, -046) continued without interruption into the fourth quarter of 2021 and 2022.

Retrieval note

Text-bearing (6,346 characters).

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