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Executive Order 04.20.20.01

Reviving a Healthy Georgia: in-person Minimum Basic Operations for gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians and massage therapists from April 24, 2020 under twenty mandatory measures; health-care practices to resume treating patients

Governor Brian P. Kemp · Georgia (State)

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Jurisdiction
Georgia
Level
State
Authority
O.C.G.A. 38-3-51
Issued
2020-04-20 Apr. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-04-24
End
2020-04-30 (shelter in place ended; superseded by EO 04.23.20.02 and successors) (read as 2020-04-30)
In force
Apr. 24, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • businesses reopening
Functions reached
  • FC church gyms and fitness facilities reopened Apr. 24, 2020 only as Minimum Basic Operations under the twenty mandatory measures
  • OP non-profit corporations confined to Minimum Basic Operations
  • HR worker screening
  • WF telework for all possible workers
Collection
Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

ORDERED: That all gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios permitted pursuant to Code Section 31-40-2, businesses registered pursuant to Code Sections 43-10-11 and 43-10-18, estheticians as defined by Code Section 43-10-1(8), hair designers as defined by Code Section 43-10-1(9), and persons licensed to practice massage therapy pursuant to Code Section 43-24A-8, may begin in-person Minimum Basic Operations on Friday, April 24, 2020. All such businesses shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19. Such measures shall include: 1. Screening and evaluating workers who exhibit signs of illness, such as a fever over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, cough, or shortness of breath;... 6. Prohibiting gatherings of workers during working hours;... 8. Implementing teleworking for all possible workers;... 16. Enforcing social distancing of non-cohabitating persons while present on such entity's leased or owned property;... 20. Increasing physical space between workers' worksites to at least six (6) feet.... ORDERED: That consistent with previous Executive Orders, Minimum Basic Operations are limited to: 1. The minimum necessary activities to maintain the value of a business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization, provide services, manage inventory, ensure security, process payroll and employee benefits, or for related functions.

Enforcement

O.C.G.A. 38-3-7

Notes

Scanned (7 pages); pages 2-4 read from rendered images by the repair agent Sept. 27, 2026. No worship clause in the pages read; the shelter-in-place order (Ex. SEC-16-054) continued to Apr. 30, 2020.

Retrieval note

Scanned; no text layer; clauses transcribed from rendered pages 3-4 (repair, Sept. 27, 2026).