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Statewide Public Health Order #1

Statewide Public Health Order Closing Bars, Restaurants, Theaters, Gymnasiums, Child Care Facilities, K-12 Schools, Colleges, Universities, and Trade Schools Statewide

Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, M.D., Ph.D. · Wyoming (State)

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Jurisdiction
Wyoming
Level
State
Authority
Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-240(a)(i) and (iv); Executive Order 2020-2
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-19)
End
2020-04-03 as issued; continued without gap through 2021-05-31 by twenty-seven continuations (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capSchools and child care
Addressees
  • restaurants and food-service places
  • bars, breweries, wineries, tasting rooms
  • cigar bars
  • gymnasiums
  • theaters and performance venues
  • child care centers and home daycares
  • K-12 schools
  • colleges, universities and trade schools
  • county health officers
Functions reached
  • DR dining room and BA bar service closed
  • TO takeout only (five customers at a time, six feet apart; cash-handling staff barred from food handling)
  • FC fitness facilities closed
  • PE theaters closed
  • EC child care closed except essential personnel, fewer than 10 per room
  • IN in-person instruction barred (K-12, higher education)
  • WF workforce (schools and child care closed)
  • CB customer base
Collection
Wyoming WY

Operative words

The following places of public accommodation are ordered closed to ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public: a. Restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, and other similar places of public accommodation offering food or beverage for on-premises consumption; b. Bars, taverns, brew pubs, breweries, microbreweries, distillery pubs, wineries, tasting rooms, special licensees, clubs, and other places of public accommodation offering alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; c. Cigar bars; d. Gymnasiums; and e. Movie and performance theaters, opera houses, concert halls, and music halls.... 4. All child care centers and home daycares are ordered closed, subject to the following: a. Child care centers or home daycares that provide care for children of essential personnel may continue to operate... 5. All K-12 schools shall dismiss students until no sooner than April 3, 2020... 6. All colleges, universities, and trade schools shall not hold in person classes until no sooner than April 3, 2020.

Enforcement

Any person or legal entity that violates this Order shall be subject to criminal prosecution under Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-105 and -106 (misdemeanor; up to $1,000 fine or one year imprisonment under 35-1-106)

Notes

Para. 2: takeout, drive-through and delivery encouraged; up to five members of the public at a time for pick-up; hotel food only as room service. Para. 3 exclusions: grocery, retail food, pharmacies, health care and residential facilities, crisis shelters, airport concessionaires. Para. 7: supersedes prior county orders, more restrictive county provisions still apply. Para. 8: exceptions by County Health Officer under State Health Officer supervision for businesses limiting customers to ten with six feet of spacing and cleaning.

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