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Executive Order 20-20

Seventeenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Further Quarantine Order

Governor Gina M. Raimondo · Rhode Island (State)

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Jurisdiction
Rhode Island
Level
State
Authority
R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; tit. 23, ch. 8
Issued
2020-04-09 Apr. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-04-09
End
Superseded by EO 20-71 effective Sept. 3, 2020 (extended in the interim) (read as 2020-09-03)
In force
Apr. 9, 2020 to Sept. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Quarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • persons diagnosed with COVID-19
  • close contacts of diagnosed persons
Functions reached
  • WF workforce removed by isolation and quarantine orders
  • HR
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

Any person who has been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19 by a licensed health care practitioner by assessment of symptoms or by laboratory testing must immediately self-isolate until: they have had no fever for at least 72 hours... AND they have experienced a resolution of their symptoms... AND at least 7 days have passed since their symptoms first appeared. 2. Any person who has been in known close contact (within 6 feet) with a person who has been clinically diagnosed with COVID-19... must immediately self-quarantine for 14 days following that contact.

Enforcement

R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 23, ch. 8 (quarantine)

Notes

The State's isolation-and-quarantine regime ran without interruption from April 9, 2020 through September 30, 2021 and beyond (EO 20-71, 20-104, 21-17, 21-26, 21-93, 21-94, 21-100, 21-105).

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