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- Jurisdiction
- Michigan
- Level
- State
- Authority
- MCL 333.2253; MCL 333.2261; MCL 333.2262
- Issued
- 2020-11-15 Nov. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-18 12:01 am (read as 2020-11-18)
- End
- 2020-12-08 11:59 pm (scheduled); superseded December 9, 2020 by the December 7 order, which continued the same restrictions (read as 2020-12-08)
- In force
- Nov. 18, 2020 to Dec. 8, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
- Addressees
- all persons
- food service establishments (indoor dining closed)
- entertainment and recreation venues (closed)
- high schools and colleges (remote instruction)
- retail (30 percent)
- gyms (25 percent, no group classes)
- Functions reached
- DR dining room (closed)
- BA bar (closed)
- GATH all indoor non-residential gatherings prohibited
- MK conferences and trade shows (prohibited)
- PE theaters, AM bowling and arcades, casinos (closed)
- FC group fitness (closed)
- IN high-school and college in-person instruction (remote)
- SF retail (30 percent)
- OP office (workplace gatherings only under MIOSHA rules)
- Collection
- Michigan MI
Operative words
As carried forward verbatim in the December 7, 2020 order (Ex. MI-061): indoor gatherings 'Are prohibited at residential venues, except where no more than 10 persons from no more than 2 households are gathered' and 'Are prohibited at non-residential venues'; at food service establishments 'Persons are not gathered indoors except in custodial settings, medical facilities, school and university cafeterias, shelters, and soup kitchens'; 'A gathering at a retail store, library, or museum must not exceed 30% of total occupancy limits... Spaces for indoor dining, including food courts, must be closed.'
Enforcement
MCL 333.2235(1) (local health departments); MCL 333.2261 misdemeanor; MCL 333.2262 civil fine up to $1,000 per violation per day
Notes
Michigan's winter 2020-21 re-tightening: indoor dining closed from November 18, 2020 to February 1, 2021; all indoor non-residential gatherings prohibited through January 31, 2021; the December 7 and December 18 orders extended it to January 15, 2021 and the January 13 order to January 31, 2021.
Retrieval noteIts terms are confirmed by the December 7, 2020 order (Ex. MI-061), which rescinds 'the November 18, 2020, order entitled Gatherings and Face Mask Order' and continues its restrictions verbatim.