Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Standing duties: South Dakota
  3. SD-009

Ex. SD-009 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 2020-12

Mandatory COVID-19 order to South Dakotans, employers, enclosed retail businesses, healthcare organizations and local governments

Governor Kristi Noem · South Dakota (State)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
South Dakota
Level
State
Authority
SDCL 34-48A
Issued
2020-04-06 Apr. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-04-06
End
2020-04-28 (rescinded by EO 2020-20 § 4) (read as 2020-04-28)
In force
Apr. 6, 2020 to Apr. 28, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition
Addressees
  • every South Dakotan
  • all employers
  • enclosed retail businesses that promote public gatherings
  • all healthcare organizations
  • all local and municipal governments
Functions reached
  • DR/BA dining and bars
  • FC fitness, casinos, entertainment
  • SX elective surgery
  • OF telework, screening, staggered shifts
  • HR employee screening
  • GATH local gathering restrictions
  • CB customers
Collection
Standing duties: South Dakota DUT-SD

Operative words

Every South Dakotan shall:... All employers, both for profit and not-for-profit, within the State of South Dakota shall: 6. Implement the recommended CDC hygiene practices and other business strategies designed to reduce the likelihood of spreading the disease (staggering shifts, flexible schedules, employee screenings, etc.). 7. Understand that the COVID-19 is not a short-term challenge, and operations need to endure a difficult and limited social environment for potentially the next four months or more.... 9. Encourage staff to telework if possible, implement social distancing measures, limit unnecessary work gatherings, limit non-essential travel... Any 'enclosed retail business that promotes public gatherings' within the State of South Dakota shall: 11. Suspend or modify business practices as recommended by CDC guidance that involve ten or more people to be in an enclosed space where physical separation of at least six feet is not possible.... All healthcare organizations within the State of South Dakota shall:... 15. Postpone all non-essential elective surgeries to conserve (and thereby maximize) supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE). All local and municipal governments within the State of South Dakota shall:... 17. Restrict public gatherings of ten people or more, unless it is necessary.... All South Dakotans are encouraged to:... 22. Work remotely and/or from home, if possible, and avoid unnecessary outings to public places. Executive Order 2020-08 is hereby rescinded.

Enforcement

Mandatory ('shall'); Limitation C: no private right of action; read with CISA memorandum of Mar. 28, 2020; SDCL 34-48A

Notes

The State's only mandatory statewide business order; EO 2020-14 (SD-011) describes it as 'directing local governments to implement CDC guidelines... and restrict public gatherings of ten people or more'

Retrieval note

Cited, not re-saved.