The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oklahoma
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Okla. Const. art. VI, sec. 2; 63 O.S. 683.1 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 (business closures effective 11:59 p.m. Mar. 25, 2020) (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- Closure paragraph 'effective until April 16, 2020'; superseded by Fifth Amended EO 2020-07 (Mar. 27, 2020) and extended statewide by the Seventh Amended (Apr. 1, 2020) (read as 2020-04-16)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 16, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care orders
- Addressees
- the public (vulnerable individuals)
- all businesses outside critical infrastructure in community-spread counties
- medical and dental providers
- nursing homes and long-term care facilities
- Functions reached
- CB vulnerable customer base ordered home
- SF/DR premises closed to the public in 19 counties
- GATH events over ten prohibited
- SX/PR/CH elective surgery, minor procedures and dental postponed
- VS nursing-home visitation
- WF
- Collection
- Oklahoma OK
Operative words
Adults over the age of sixty-five (65) and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions, collectively referred to as 'vulnerable individuals,' shall stay in their home or place of residence except for working in a critical infrastructure sector, as more particularly described herein, and the conduct of essential errands.... Oklahomans and medical providers in Oklahoma shall postpone all elective surgeries, minor medical procedures, and non-emergency dental procedures until April 7, 2020. Social gatherings of more than ten people are prohibited.... [all businesses not identified as being within a critical infrastructure sector as defined by the U.S. Department of] Homeland Security and located in a county experiencing community spread of COVID-19, as identified by OSDH on its website, shall close.... Nothing in this provision shall prevent restaurants and bars from providing pick-up, curbside, and delivery. This shall be effective until April 16, 2020. Visitors are prohibited from entering and visiting patients and residents at nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and retirement homes.
Enforcement
None recited in the order; Emergency Management Act predicate. Municipalities enforced parallel orders under their own codes (Tulsa TRO Title 8 sec. 300; OKC Municipal Code sec. 15-40; Norman Code sec. 2-111).
Notes
Counties closed Mar. 25 (per Husch Blackwell tracker): Canadian, Cleveland, Custer, Garvin, Grady, Jackson, Kay, Logan, Mayes, McClain, Muskogee, Noble, Oklahoma, Pawnee, Payne, Pontotoc, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington. Executive Memorandum 2020-01 (same day) supplements the critical-infrastructure list.
Retrieval noteSOS document 1919; OCR of the 7-page scan; paragraphs 17-21 quoted.