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- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
- Issued
- 2020-04-24 Apr. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-27 08:00 (read as 2020-04-27)
- End
- 2020-05-11 08:00 as issued; extended by EO 1480 to May 25 and EO 1488 to June 1, 2020; replaced by EO 1492 (read as 2020-05-11)
- In force
- Apr. 27, 2020 to May 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- all individuals
- vulnerable individuals
- all businesses and non-profit entities
- retail businesses
- restaurants and bars
- places of amusement
- gyms, salons, barber shops, spas, tattoo parlors
- health care professionals and facilities
- hospitals and long-term care facilities
- Functions reached
- CB customer base encouraged home
- SF retail 50 percent
- DR dining room closed
- FC gyms and studios closed
- SL salons closed
- SX elective procedures conditioned
- CH dental resumed under MSDH guidelines
- VS visitation barred
- OF telework encouraged
- EMP screening and distancing
- GATH
- Collection
- Mississippi MS
Operative words
all individuals currently living in the State of Mississippi are encouraged to stay at home or in their place of residence when not engaged in Essential Activities or Essential Travel... all public and private social and other non-essential gatherings in groups of more than 10 people... shall be cancelled or rescheduled... evictions within the State of Mississippi are suspended... all businesses and non-profits are encouraged to utilize, to the maximum extent possible, work from home or other telework procedures... Retail businesses shall adopt reasonable measures... including but not limited to, limiting the number of customers in their stores at one time to no greater than 50% of store capacity... Restaurants and bars will remain open but are limited to drive-thru, curbside, and/or delivery service... all places of amusement and recreation, whether indoors or outdoors... shall remain closed to the public. Fitness and exercise gyms, dance studios, clubs, tattoo parlors, spas, salons, barber shops, and all other personal care and personal grooming facilities shall remain closed to the public... Healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities may also resume performing non-emergent, elective medical procedures and surgeries... The medical procedure or surgery should fall within Tier 2 or Tier 3 of the Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services and Treatment Recommendations issued by CMS on April 7, 2020... For all in-patient procedures and surgeries, the healthcare facility where the surgery or procedure is performed must reserve at least 25% of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients... There shall be no visitors in the healthcare facility except for one spouse or caregiver who resides with the patient.
Enforcement
'This Executive Order may be enforced by all State, County and Local law enforcement, as well as by other governmental entities (such as State and local departments of health)... Violations of this Executive Order are subject to the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-43.'
Notes
Courts declared open subject to Supreme Court administrative orders (II); State Health Officer isolation and quarantine authority delegated (IV); local authority preserved for stricter measures (I(j)).
Retrieval noteFiled from Tupelo's copy of the signed original; OCR of the Secretary of State's capture read the same text; Starkville's Fourth Resolution recites the order as 'signed by Governor Tate Reeves on April 24, 2020'.