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Ex. RI-033 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 21-04

One Hundred-and-Tenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - In-Person Learning at Institutes of Higher Education

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
2021-01-14 Jan. 14, 2021
Effective
2021-01-14
End
Extended by EO 21-12 (Feb. 10), 21-23 (Mar. 10), 21-33 (Apr. 8, 2021); successor EO 21-50 (May 14, 2021) (read as 2021-04-08)
In force
Jan. 14, 2021 to Apr. 8, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Schools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all Rhode Island institutions of higher education (Brown, URI, RIC, CCRI, PC, Bryant, JWU, RISD, RWU, Salve Regina, NEIT)
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction conditioned
  • CP campus housing and dining
  • WF student workforce
  • CB college towns' customer base
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

IHEs in Rhode Island... may conduct in-person learning (defined as instruction where some or all instructors and students meet in the same physical space) upon consultation with RIDOH and in accordance with all applicable executive orders and regulations relating to COVID-19. 2. IHEs shall conduct either initial surveillance testing for COVID-19 for all students prior to the start of in-person learning or shall require each student to present a negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours of arriving on campus and shall conduct continued surveillance testing in accordance with regulations promulgated [by RIDOH].

Enforcement

Condition of in-person operation; RIDOH regulations

Notes

Makes in-person college instruction a licensed activity conditioned on testing regimes.