The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 V.S.A. §§ 8, 9, 11; EO 01-20
- Issued
- 2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020
- Effective
- Phase 1 effective April 20, 2020 (read as 2020-04-20)
- End
- Midnight May 15, 2020; health and safety requirements carried forward by VT-016, VT-017 and VT-025 § 9 (read as 2020-05-15)
- In force
- Apr. 20, 2020 to May 15, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses and non-profit and governmental entities, including employees and contractors of governmental entities
- outdoor and construction crews
- retail
- single-worker services
- Functions reached
- JS job sites (crews of two)
- SF retail (curbside only)
- AP appraisals
- SH showings (two persons)
- PM property management
- PS pet care
- CT municipal clerks
- OF telework continued
- EMP masks, distancing, vehicle occupancy
- WF
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
all businesses and non-profit and governmental entities... which are operating or will be operating during the declared State of Emergency, shall implement the following physical distancing, health and sanitation measures... Employees must wear non-medical cloth face coverings... over their nose and mouth when in the presence of others... No more than 2 people shall occupy one vehicle when conducting work... 'micro-crews,' or no more than two (2) persons per location/job, to perform outdoor work and construction work in unoccupied structures... All orders must occur over the phone or online and no in-store transactions are allowed at this time... Services operating with a single worker (such as appraisers, realtors, municipal clerks, attorneys, property managers, pet care operators and others), may resume operations so long as no more than 2 persons (service provider and client) are present at one time... all businesses, non-profit entities and government entities shall continue procedures to support work from home and telecommuting for all workers to the extent possible.
Enforcement
Notes
First mandatory employee mask rule in Vermont (Apr. 20, 2020); customers 'encouraged' to mask.