The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- King County, Washington · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RCW 70.05.070(2)-(3); WAC 246-100-036
- Issued
- 2020-05-20 May 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-20
- End
- 'This Order shall EXPIRE upon determination by the Local Health Officer that there is no longer a need for assessment and quarantine, and isolation and congregate recovery due to COVID-19' (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 20, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationOther
- Addressees
- King County through the Executive; the cities and towns of King County
- Functions reached
- LG lodging (hotels converted to isolation, quarantine and de-intensification use)
- HC health care
- WF
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
THEREFORE, as the Local Health Officer for King County, I hereby ORDER that King County, through the Executive or his designee, as well as the local cities and towns, are authorized to use legally available resources, whether owned, leased, rented, gifted, loaned, or otherwise provided, for the purpose of assessment and temporary quarantine of persons suspected of being infected with COVID-19, for the temporary isolation and recovery of persons confirmed to be infected with COVID-19, and for the temporary sheltering of first responders and medical professionals... I further hereby ORDER that King County... are authorized to use legally available resources to: de-intensify or reduce the density of existing homelessness shelters and encampments, as well as other essential programs such as food services and sobering centers...
Enforcement
Order of the Local Health Officer; authorizes the County's isolation and quarantine hotels and de-intensification sites (the hotels the County leased in 2020-2021)
Notes
Recites 'a deficit of rental lodging options suitable for quarantine, isolation, or congregate recovery' and that the federal and State governments asked the County to develop non-congregate sheltering 'at the very onset of the outbreak'. Amends an earlier order of the same title (original date not stated in the text read).
Retrieval noteSigned 'this 20th day of May 2020'.