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Amended Public Health Emergency Order of April 11, 2020 (houses of worship)

Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect; and Amending the March 23 and April 6, 2020 Orders

Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel · New Mexico (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Level
State
Authority
Public Health Act; Public Health Emergency Response Act; EO 2020-004 as renewed
Issued
2020-04-11 Apr. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-04-11
End
2020-04-30
In force
Apr. 11, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
Addressees
  • houses of worship
  • all businesses
  • the public
Functions reached
  • WS worship services
  • GATH
  • OF
  • SF
Collection
New Mexico NM

Operative words

(1) All Mass Gatherings are hereby prohibited... Churches, synagogues, mosques, and all other houses of worship shall adhere to this restriction, but nothing in this order is intended to preclude these faith-based institutions from holding services through audiovisual means.

Enforcement

Notes

Issued the day before Easter; challenged unsuccessfully by Legacy Church (D.N.M.).

Retrieval note

OCR read.