Declaration of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak (Executive Order No. 20-03 of Governor of Oregon)
Made 2020-03-08 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Country
- United States · Oregon
- Subjects
- Food and nutrition, General
- Keywords
- coronavirus disease (COVID-19), public health, hazards, risk assessment/management, consumer protection, internal trade, offences/penalties
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1. The Oregon Health Authority and the state Public Health Director shall take all actions necessary and authorized under ORS 401.651 to 401.670, ORS 433.443, and ORS 431A.015 to respond to, control, mitigate, and recover from the emergency, including but not limited to: (a) Deploying emergency volunteer health care professionals under ORS 401.661; (b) Designating emergency health care centers under ORS 401.657; (c) After consultation with appropriate medical experts, creating and requiring the use of diagnostic and treatment guidelines and providing notice of those guidelines to health care providers, institutions and facilities; (d) Issuing guidelines for private businesses regarding appropriate work restrictions, if necessary.
2. If needed, I will request assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact under ORS 402.105 and the Pacific Northwest Management Assistance Arrangement under ORS 402.250.
3. The Office of Emergency Management shall, in consultation with the Director of the Oregon Health Authority and state Public Health Director, if necessary, take any action authorized under ORS 433.441. All agencies identified as part of the Governor's Coronavirus Respon~e Team are directed to provide liaisons for the State Emergency Coordination Center. All state government agencies shall utilize and employ state personnel, equipment, and facilities for any and all activities as requested and coordinated by the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. All citizens are to heed the advice of emergency officials with regard to this outbreak in order to protect their health and safety. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 20-03 PAGE THREE
4. As necessary to respond to the emergency, I authorize all executive agencies of state government to take, upon further direction from me or my office, any actions authorized under the provisions set forth in ORS 401.168 through 401.192.
5. State agencies shall develop and implement procedures, including waiving rules or adopting temporary rules within the agency's authority, consistent with recommendations from the state Public Health Director, designed to prevent or alleviate the public health threat.
6. This declaration serves as a public health emergency for purposes of ORS 653.616, which permits employees to use sick time as specified in ORS 653.616(6).
7. Persons who believe that they have been subjected to excessive prices for essential consumer goods associated with the coronavirus outbreak are encouraged to report that conduct to the Oregon Department of Justice Consumer Protection hotline, at 1-877-877-9392. This state of emergency shall exist for sixty days from the date of this Executive 1 Order, unless extended or terminated earlier by the Governor. These findings and this order were initially made by verbal proclamation at 8: 14 p.m. on the 7th day of March, 2020, and confirmed in writing by this Executive Order on this 8th day of March, 2020. Done at Portland, Oregon this 8th day of March, 2020. ~U/4 /)MW'-- Kate Brown GOVERNOR ~ Bev Clarno SECRETARY OF STATE