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Ohio Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) secs. 12(k), 15

Director's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity

Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health · Ohio (State)

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Jurisdiction
Ohio
Level
State
Authority
R.C. 3701.13
Issued
2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-23)
End
2020-04-06 11:59 p.m. by its terms; continued by the Amended Director's Stay at Home Order of Apr. 2 (Ex. OH-014) through 11:59 p.m. May 1, 2020 and by the Stay Safe Ohio Order (Ex. OH-019) until the stay-home section was rescinded May 20, 2020 (Ex. OH-097) (read as 2020-04-06)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to Apr. 6, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals in Ohio
  • all businesses and operations
  • places of public amusement
Functions reached
  • CB customer base confined to home
  • SF sales floors closed
  • OF offices closed except Minimum Basic Operations (telework compelled)
  • WF workforce
  • MK events
  • TRAV business travel
  • SC supply chain (essential-supplier definitions para. 12(q), (v))
  • GATH
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

1. Stay at home or place of residence. With exceptions as outlined below, all individuals currently living within the State of Ohio are ordered to stay at home or at their place of residence except as allowed in this Order.... 2. Non-essential business and operations must cease. All businesses and operations in the State, except Essential Businesses and Operations as defined below, are required to cease all activities within the State except Minimum Basic Operations, as defined below.... 3. Prohibited activities. All public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited, except for the limited purposes permitted by this Order. Any gathering of more than ten people is prohibited unless exempted by this Order.... All places of public amusement, whether indoors or outdoors... shall be closed. 4. Prohibited and permitted travel. Only Essential Travel and Essential Activities as defined herein, are permitted.... 18. COVID-19 Information and Checklist for Businesses/Employers. Business and employers are to take the following actions: a. Allow as many employees as possible to work from home by implementing policies in areas such as teleworking and video conferencing.

Enforcement

Para. 17: 'This Order may be enforced by State and local law enforcement to the extent set forth in Ohio law'; R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C) apply by statute (penalty recited in the Apr. 2 Amended Order, Ex. OH-014 paras. 17-18)

Notes

Essential Businesses and Operations defined by the CISA memorandum of Mar. 19, 2020 plus enumerated categories (grocery, health care, critical trades, professional services, manufacturing and supply chain for critical products, hotels for lodging and carry-out food, funeral services); Minimum Basic Operations limited to inventory, plant, security, payroll and facilitating remote work (para. 13); Essential Travel defined (para. 14); Social Distancing Requirements mandatory (para. 15).

Retrieval note

OCR text layer over the signed scan; 12 pages plus the CISA list.

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