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Directed Health Measure Order 2020-DCHD-005

Directed Health Measure Order 2020-DCHD-005 (Phase III, Douglas County, Aug. 1-31, 2020)

Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer · Nebraska (Douglas County) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Nebraska (Douglas County) · Nebraska
Level
State
Authority
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-502 and 81-601; 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6
Issued
2020-07-30 July 30, 2020
Effective
2020-08-01 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-08-01)
End
2020-08-31 11:59 p.m. (extended through Sept. 13; Phase IV from Sept. 14, NE-037) (read as 2020-08-31)
In force
Aug. 1, 2020 to Aug. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons in Douglas County
  • venues of 1,000 or more
  • restaurants and bars
  • gyms
  • salons
  • child care
  • employers with congregate housing
  • international travelers
Functions reached
  • GATH
  • MC conventions (CHI Health Center Omaha)
  • DR
  • FC 75 percent
  • SL 75 percent masked
  • EC 15/20/24/30
  • TV
  • WF
  • FP
Collection
Nebraska NE

Operative words

Gatherings are restricted to: fifty percent (50%) for an indoor facility's applicable rated occupancy (excluding staff) or seventy-five percent (75%) for outdoor facility of the applicable rated occupancy (excluding staff). No gathering may exceed 10,000 individuals. Any one party at a gathering may not exceed eight (8) individuals. Parades, carnivals, midways, dances (excluding dance recitals), street dances, and beer gardens are prohibited.... For counties with a population of five-hundred-thousand (500,000) or more individuals, venues with a rated capacity of one-thousand (1,000) or more individuals must submit a 'plan for reopening' to the applicable Local Public Health Department BEFORE reopening.

Enforcement

DHHS formula

Notes

Omaha's Emergency Ordinance 42309 (NE-072) added a general indoor mask requirement from Aug. 11, 2020

Retrieval note

Issue date approximated to the signing of the Aug. 1 series; effective date exact. File name carries the effective date; date_issued is the signing date.

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