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Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing

Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing

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
2020-05-29 May 29, 2020
Effective
2020-05-29 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-05-29)
End
2020-07-01 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended to July 7 (Ex. OH-028 para. 6) and indefinitely (Ex. OH-098); rescinded Apr. 5, 2021 (Ex. OH-046 para. 5) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
May 29, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses and operations
  • the public
  • manufacturing, distribution and construction
  • consumer, retail and services
  • general office environments
Functions reached
  • GATH (10-person cap statewide May 29, 2020-Apr. 5, 2021)
  • MK events and conferences
  • EMP workplace rules (screening, distancing, masks, sanitation) for every sector
  • OF general office (checklist)
  • PF/WH/JS (checklist)
  • SF (checklist)
Collection
Ohio OH

Operative words

2. Business and operations. All businesses and operations shall continue to comply with Social Distancing Requirements as defined in this Order, including by maintaining six-foot social distancing for both employees and members of the public when possible... 3. Prohibited activities. All public and private gatherings of greater than 10 people occurring outside a single household and connected property, or living unit and connected property are prohibited, except for the limited purposes permitted by Orders of the Director of Health.... This Section does not apply to weddings and funerals, although wedding receptions are subject to the Restaurants, Bars, and Banquet & Catering Guidance and limited to 300 persons. This Section does not apply to religious facilities, entities and groups and religious gatherings.... 13. Sector Specific COVID-19 Information and Checklist for Manufacturing, Distribution & Construction.... 14. Sector Specific COVID-19 Information and Checklist for Consumer, Retail, Services.... 15. Sector Specific COVID-19 Information and Checklist for General Office Environments.

Enforcement

R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C) in the standard form; sector checklists mandatory ('must')

Notes

This order was the general business instrument of Ohio from the end of Stay Safe Ohio to Apr. 5, 2021; the Apr. 5, 2021 rescission (Ex. OH-046 para. 5) names it.

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