The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Gubernatorial directive under the state of emergency (EO 2020-1); 'minimum statewide standards'
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-27 (individuals, immediately); 2020-03-30 12:01 a.m. (for-profit and nonprofit organizations) (read as 2020-03-27)
- End
- 2020-04-13 11:59 p.m. by its terms; updated Apr. 10, 2020 through May 1 (UT-009); reissued Apr. 17, 2020; rescinded by EO 2020-19 sec. 6 effective May 1, 2020 (read as 2020-04-13)
- In force
- Mar. 27, 2020 to Apr. 13, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all for-profit and nonprofit organizations
- high-risk individuals
- children
- Functions reached
- OF/OP office and telework (telework mandate for all work that can be done from home)
- CB customer base under stay-home
- GATH gatherings of any size barred
- WF workforce (schools closed; quarantine after travel or exposure)
- TR travel (essential only; State parks limited to home county)
- SF sales floor (essential shopping only)
- DR dining (carryout or delivery only)
- Collection
- Utah UT
Operative words
I expect all Utah residents and businesses to follow these directives.... These directives establish minimum statewide standards. After consultation with, and consent of the State, local authorities may impose more stringent directives and orders... These directives are not to be confused with a shelter-in-place order.... All individuals 1. Stay at home as much as possible. 2. Work from home whenever possible.... 4. Self-quarantine for 14 days after traveling or being exposed... 5.... d. not attending any gathering of any number of people, except for members of the same household or residence.... Food Directives 1. Do not dine out except for carryout or delivery.... Travel 1. Limit travel only to essential travel.... Directives for For-Profit and Nonprofit Organizations... effective at 12:01 a.m. on March 30, 2020.... 3. Encourage and enable employees and volunteers to telework from home. Only employees or volunteers who perform work that cannot be done from their home should be exempted from teleworking. 4. Utilize video conferencing and virtual meeting services. 5. Implement policies for employees and volunteers who cannot telework, including: a. requiring employees and volunteers who present symptoms of illness consistent with COVID-19 to stay home;... c. enhancing social distancing by grouping employees and volunteers into cohorts of no more than ten individuals...; f. implementing flexible work hours (e.g., staggered shifts).
Enforcement
Directive (the Governor 'expect[s] all Utah residents and businesses to follow these directives'); the UDOH orders of Apr. 1 and Apr. 14, 2020 recite it as the basis of State and local 'guidelines and orders'; the Wasatch, Weber-Morgan, Davis and Salt Lake County health departments issued mandatory orders implementing it
Notes
Also: do not travel to places of public amusement, public pools, gyms or fitness centers; children not to attend school outside the home; high-risk individuals not to visit hospitals or care facilities; exemptions for health care, law enforcement, faith leaders, charitable organizations.
Retrieval noteImage-only scan; text read by OCR of the exhibit (Windows OCR), all four pages. Quotations checked against the OCR output.