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Ex. AR-044ADH Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Hospitals (March 11, 2020)Voluntary, suggested screening criteria for hospital employees and visitors; review of visitation criteriaSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMar. 11, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. AR-045ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020) (directive)Directive barring visitation and restricting entry at long-term-care facilitiesSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. AR-074ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care')Long-term-care visitation prohibition and screening directive (second copy of the March 13, 2020 text)Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human ServicesArkansasSector regulatorMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-023DOC news release, 'DOC Takes Steps to Prevent Spread of COVID-19'Inmate visitation suspended 21 days at all prisons and community correction centers; only badged volunteers admitted; Parole Board hearings…Arkansas Department of Corrections (Secretary Wendy Kelley)Arkansas Department of Corrections (Division of Correction and Division of Community Correction); State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AR-018In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 116 (per curiam)Per curiam suspending all in-person proceedings in all appellate, circuit and district courtsSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-019In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 125 (per curiam)Per curiam closing the Justice Building to the public and extending the suspension of in-person proceedings to April 17, 2020Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-035ADH Directive of March 19, 2020Directive closing schools through April 17, closing restaurant and bar dine-in service, gyms and indoor entertainment venues, moving State…Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-036ADH Directive to Dentists to suspend non-emergent dental care (March 23, 2020)Directive limiting dental practice to emergency careSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-025ADH, 'COVID-19: Guidance for State Correctional Facilities and Local Detention Facilities' (Mar. 27, 2020)Guidance for prisons and county jails: visitation prohibited; screening of visitors, staff and volunteers; restriction of transfers between…Arkansas Department of HealthArkansas Department of Health (guidance to State correctional facilities and local detention facilities); State levelStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-020In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 132 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 1, 2020 and suspending jury summonses through June 30, 2020Supreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-040ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye careSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-02-053ADH Directive on Elective SurgeriesDirective postponing elective procedures, testing and office visitsArkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.)ArkansasStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AR-003Executive Order 20-13Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03 Regarding the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19 for the Purpose of Imposing Further…Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateApr. 4, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-021In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020 Ark. 163 (per curiam)Per curiam extending the suspension of in-person proceedings through May 15, 2020 with a ten-person courtroom limit and face coveringsSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtApr. 23, 20202020 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-030In re Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eviction Filings, 2020 Ark. 166 (per curiam)Per curiam requiring eviction and failure-to-vacate filings to plead that the property is not a CARES Act covered dwellingSupreme Court of ArkansasArkansasCourtApr. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AR-005Executive Order 20-25Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03... for the Purpose of Renewing the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Prevent the Spread…Governor Asa HutchinsonArkansasStateMay 5, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AR-051ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May 11, 2020; revised May 18; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Restaurant dine-in at one-third then 66 percent of seating with masking, distancing and service rulesSecretary of Health, Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorMay 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
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-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-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-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-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-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. 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-064Revised Visitation, Screening, and Staffing Directive for Long-term Care Facilities (October 6, 2020)Long-term-care visitation prohibited except as allowed; screening; expanded visitation only in facilities meeting conditionsArkansas Department of HealthArkansasSector regulatorOct. 6, 20202020 Q4Health care ordersPrimary source read