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Executive Order 20-09

Seventh Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Public Gatherings, Close-Contact Businesses, Public Recreation and Business Service Providers

Governor Gina M. Raimondo · Rhode Island (State)

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Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Level
State
Authority
R.I. Const. art. IX; R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; tit. 23, ch. 8
Issued
2020-03-22 Mar. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-03-23 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-23)
End
2020-03-30 by its terms; extended by EO 20-15 and 20-23 to May 8, 2020; close-contact businesses and recreation kept closed by EO 20-32 ¶¶13-14 until Phase II (June 1, 2020) (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 23, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • public recreation and entertainment establishments
  • close-contact businesses
  • all businesses remaining open
  • business service personnel
Functions reached
  • OF office premises (telework mandate)
  • FC fitness facilities
  • SL salons and barbers
  • PE theaters, cinemas, concert venues
  • SP sporting events
  • AM bowling alleys, museums, zoos
  • EMP distancing and hygiene duties on every open business
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

1. No later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2020, all public recreation and entertainment establishments shall cease in-person operations.... 2.... all close-contact businesses... including, but not limited to, gymnasiums, fitness centers and similar exercise facilities, hair salons and barbershops, nail salons, spas and tattoo parlors shall cease in-person operations.... 4. All business service personnel that can work from home are required to do so. Business service personnel subject to this Order include, but are not limited to accountants, lawyers, human resources and procurement professionals. This Order applies whether such business services personnel work within a stand-alone business (e.g. an accounting firm or law firm) or within a larger business... the business should permit only critical personnel to work on the business' premises so that only the minimal number of employees necessary to ensure that critical operations can continue are present.

Enforcement

R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 23, ch. 8; RIDOH compliance orders

Notes

The State's first telework mandate: a command, not a recommendation, directed at every employer's business-service functions.

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