The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Utah Code 53-2a-209(1) ('full force and effect of law'); 53-2a-204(1)(a), (1)(b)
- Issued
- 2020-11-08 Nov. 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-09
- End
- 2020-11-23 (amended by EO 2020-74 (Nov. 9) and 2020-75 (Nov. 12, through Nov. 23); mask mandate continued by UPHO 2020-25 and successors) (read as 2020-11-23)
- In force
- Nov. 9, 2020 to Nov. 23, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- every individual
- every event host (amusement parks, arenas, cinemas, convention centers, concert halls, fairs, museums, stadiums, theaters, zoos and others)
- every business including bars and restaurants
- public and private institutions of higher education
- schools and LEAs
- Functions reached
- MASK universal
- GATH social gatherings outside the household barred except hosted
- BA bars closed 10:00 p.m.
- DR party spacing
- SF household-group spacing
- EV event hosts
- SP/AC athletics and extracurriculars paused
- CP campus testing
- OF employee and contractor masks
- WF
- Collection
- Utah UT
Operative words
2. Restrictions. The following restrictions apply statewide: a. Individuals. An individual: i. shall wear a face mask while within six feet of any individual from a separate household; ii. may not eat or drink within six feet of an individual from a separate household while at a bar or restaurant; and iii. may not attend a social gathering unless: A. the social gathering has an event host or occurs at a business, including a bar or restaurant; B. the individual complies with all face mask and physical distancing requirements. b. Event hosts. An event host of a social gathering shall: i. require each individual attending the social gathering to wear a face mask...; ii. require at least six feet of physical distance between individuals from separate households...; iv. complete and implement the Event Management Template provided by the Department. c. Businesses. i. A business, including a bar or restaurant, whether or not acting as an event host, shall: A. require each employee and contractor to wear a face mask while at work; B. require each patron that enters the premises of the business to wear a face mask...; C. require at least six feet of physical distance... between each: 1. separate household group at a business other than a bar or restaurant; or 2. separate party at a bar or restaurant; and D. post conspicuous signage... iii. A bar shall close no later than 10:00 p.m. each day. d. Athletic and Extracurricular Social Gatherings. i.... a person may not participate in or be an event host for a social gathering that is an organized athletic or sporting event or extracurricular activity.... e. Institutions of Higher Education. Beginning as soon as possible, but no later than January 1, 2021, a public or private institution of higher education... shall require each individual who is enrolled as a student... and who lives in on-campus housing or attends at least one in-person class... to obtain a diagnostic test... each week.
Enforcement
Utah Code 53-2a-209(1); Governor's release: businesses failing to comply 'will be subject to fines'
Notes
The winter 2020 hard reset; concurrent UDOH orders UPHO 2020-21 (Nov. 8), -22 (Nov. 9), -23 (Nov. 10), -24 (Nov. 12) carry the same text under 26-1-30.
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