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Ex. AR-022In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 187 (per curiam)Per curiam resuming hearings from May 18, 2020 by video, audio or in person under Department of Health gathering limitsSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtMay 8, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-049ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos during the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis (effective May 18, 2020)Casino reopening at 33 percent capacity with an approved planSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMay 14, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-055ADH Directive Regarding Large Indoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 18; Phase 2 June 15, 2020)Indoor venues: 66 percent with an approved plan; twelve-foot performer separation; maskingSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateMay 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-058ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020)Dental resumption conditioned on screening, masking, aerosol controls, modified waiting rooms and longer appointmentsSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMay 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-085ADH Directive Regarding Summer Day Camps (effective May 18, 2020)Day camps: classes of ten or fewer, no outside adults, no field trips, masks for staff and campers ten and olderSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AR-073ADH notice, 'ADH requires a person exposed to COVID-19 to complete a 14-day quarantine period' (May 22, 2020)Fourteen-day quarantine requirement for close contacts; critical-infrastructure work exceptionArkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateMay 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Quarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AR-052ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26, 2020; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Bars and clubs: closed from March 20, resumed May 26 with distancing, 66 percent from June 15Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMay 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-072ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Team Sports (effective June 1, 2020; amended July 23 and Aug. 10, 2020)Phased resumption of youth and adult team sports with screening, temperature checks, distancing and maskingSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateJune 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-023In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (per curiam, June 11, 2020)Per curiam setting a fifty-person courtroom cap with masks and temperature checks and ending the jury-trial suspension June 30, 2020Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-006Executive Order 20-33Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19... for the Purpose of Protecting Arkansas Businesses from…Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateJune 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AR-050ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020), Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020Directive imposing operating protocols on all businesses, manufacturers and construction companies; lifting the lodging-guest limits and the…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateMay 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-057ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos, Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020Casinos at 66 percent with approved plan, contact tracing, screening and maskingSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorJune 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-014Executive Order 20-35Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19, as Declared in Executive Order 20-03 and Extended by Executive…Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateJune 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. AR-007Executive Order 20-37Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateJune 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AR-008Executive Order 20-41Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19, as Declared in Executive Order 20-37, for the Purpose of…Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateJuly 3, 20202020 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-016ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report)KATV, 'Little Rock bar linked to cluster of infections didn't follow health rules, state says' (July 6, 2020)Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock)ArkansasStateJuly 6, 20202020 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOperating conditionConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AR-009Executive Order 20-43Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19, as Declared in Executive Order 20-37, for the Purpose of…Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateJuly 16, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-060ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020)Statewide face-covering requirement on every person in ArkansasSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateJuly 18, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-059ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020)Elective procedures: history of the April 27 resumption and its testing conditions; symptomatic-patient testing, contact exclusion and…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorAug. 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-012Information and Resources for Employers and Employees Affected by the COVID-19 EmergencyArkansas Department of Labor and Licensing, Information and Resources for Employers and Employees Affected by the COVID-19 Emergency…Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing (Secretary Daryl Bassett; Director Ralph T. Hudson)ArkansasStateAug. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AR-071ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020)Conditions for community and school music and theater: masks for everyone ten and older, six-foot spacing, screening, temperature checksSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-010Executive Order 20-45Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateAug. 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AR-061ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified August 26, 2020Face-covering directive as amended (valved masks barred; bandanas and single-layer gaiters discouraged)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateAug. 26, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-063ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations, modified September 9, 2020 (self-service and buffets)Restaurant directive as modified to permit buffets under masking, gloving, monitoring and utensil-replacement rulesSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorSept. 9, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-062ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020Face-covering directive as amended October 5, 2020 (the version in force through Q4 2020 and Q1 2021)Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateOct. 5, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read