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Executive Order 20-32

Twenty-ninth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Lifting Stay at Home Order, Leaving Certain Restrictions in Place, Limited Re-Openings with Stringent Health Regulations (Phase I)

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
2020-05-09 May 9, 2020
Effective
2020-05-09
End
2020-05-23 by its terms; extended (EO 20-34, 20-36, 20-38) and superseded by EO 20-40 effective June 1, 2020; the Enforcement Task Force and RIDOH regulation mandate it created ran through 2021 (EO 21-44 extended EO 20-32 on May 3, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
May 9, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all residents
  • all employers
  • non-critical retail
  • restaurants
  • health-care providers
  • recreation, entertainment and close-contact businesses
  • RIDOH
Functions reached
  • OF telework directive
  • SF retail 1 per 300 sq ft
  • GATH five-person cap
  • SX elective procedures resumed only under RIDOH-approved plans
  • FC gyms closed
  • SL salons closed
  • PE theaters and venues closed
  • TR 14-day quarantine for non-work arrivals
  • EMP written plans, screening
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

3. Employers must still encourage working remotely to the greatest extent possible. Any person who can work remotely should continue to do so. Employees of office-based businesses who must go to work should only do so only if absolutely necessary... 8. All social gatherings of more than five (5) people in any public or private space... [remain prohibited]... 9(a). All non-critical retail businesses with a physical location in Rhode Island... may allow up to one customer per 300 square feet of store area open to customers generally.... 11(a). Elective medical procedures and other medical services shall be allowed to resume pursuant to plans submitted by healthcare providers and approved by RIDOH.... 13. All recreation and entertainment establishments shall continue to cease in-person operations. 14. 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 continue to cease in-person operations].... 15. Effective immediately, RIDOH shall promulgate emergency regulations that will apply to covered entities and other establishments subject to this Order.

Enforcement

RIDOH emergency regulations with civil fines (¶15; 216-RICR-50-15-7); Enforcement Task Force created by this order

Notes

Confirms that elective medical procedures had been suspended: they 'shall be allowed to resume' only under RIDOH-approved plans.

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