Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Orders
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Public Health Orders
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Ohio Department of Health Director's Orders
- Director’s Amended Order that All Persons Stay at Home During Specified Hours Unless Engaged in Work or Essential Activity (12/10/2020)
- Director’s Stay At Home Tonight Order (11/19/2020)
- Revised Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of Ohio, with Exceptions (11/16/2020)
- Director's Order for Retail and Business Compliance for Facial Coverings throughout the State of Ohio (11/13/2020)
- Second Amended Reporting Requirements for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Under Ohio Revised Code 3701.14 and 3701.23 (10/20/2020)
- Amended Director’s Order on the Opening of Adult Day Care Services and Senior Centers (10/16/2020)
- Amended Director's Order that Reopens Hair Salons, Day Spas, Nail Salons, Barber Shops, Tattoo Parlors, Body Piercing Locations and Tanning Facilities, with Exceptions (10/09/2020)
- Fifth Amended Director’s Order to Limit Access to Ohio’s Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (10/08/2020)
- Director's Second Amended Order for Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports (09/25/2020)
- Director’s Order to Limit Access to Ohio’s Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) and to Permit Visitation. (09/24/2020)
- Director’s Third Amended Order that Reopens Restaurants, Bars, Banquet and Catering Facilities and Services to Dine-in Service, with Exceptions (09/23/2020)
- Director’s Order Requiring Reporting and Notification Regarding COVID-19 Cases in Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade Schools (09/04/2020)
- Director’s Order on the Opening of Adult Day Care Services and Senior Centers (08/31/2020)
- Director’s Second Amended Order for Non-Congregate Sheltering to be utilized throughout Ohio (08/31/2020)
- Director’s First Amended Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports (08/28/2020)
- Director’s Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Entertainment Venues (08/25/2020)
- Director’s Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Residential Care Facilities (08/20/2020)
- Director’s Order that Provides Mandatory Requirements for Youth, Collegiate, Amateur, Club and Professional Sports (08/19/2020) REPEALED
- Director’s Order Requiring the Use of Facial Coverings in Child Education Settings (08/13/2020)
- Director’s Corrected Third Order to Extend the Expiration date of Second Amended Order that Provides Guidance for Contact Sport Practices and Non-Contact Sport Competitions, and Contact Competition, with Exceptions (08/01/2020) REPEALED
- Director’s Amended Order Limiting County Fairs to Junior Fair Activities and Animal Exhibitions, with Exceptions (07/30/2020)
- Director's Order for Facial Coverings Throughout the State of Ohio (07/23/2020)
- Defines exemption list for facial coverings
- Second Director’s Order to Extend the Expiration date of Second Amended Order that Provides Guidance for Contact Sport Practices and Non-Contact Sport Competitions, and Contact Competition, with Exceptions (07/22/2020) REPEALED
- Addendum to Director’s Order for Facial Coverings in Counties in Level 3 Public Health Advisory (07/17/2020)
- Includes Allen, Athens, Delaware, Licking, Lucas, Richland, Scioto and Union Counties
- Identifies amendments to Mask requirements in Section 7 of the July 8, 2020 Order
- Director’s Order to Extend the Expiration date of Second Amended Order that Provides Guidance for Contact Sport Practices and Non-Contact Sport Competitions, and Contact Competition, with Exceptions (07/16/2020) EXPIRED
- Addendum to Director’s Order for Facial Coverings in Counties in Level 3 Public Health Advisory (07/10/2020)
- Includes Wood, Lorain, Summit, Fairfield, Pickaway & Clermont Counties
- Director’s Order for Facial Coverings in Butler, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton, Huron, Montgomery, and Trumbull Counties in Level 3 Public Health Advisory (07/08/2020)
- Director's Second Amended Order that Provides Guidance for Contact Sports Practices and Non-Contact Sports Competitions, and Contact Competition, with Exceptions (07/07/2020) REPEALED
- Director's Second Order to Extend the Expiration Date of Various Orders (07/07/2020)
- Director's Order Updating and Revising Requirements and Guidance for Youth Day Camps and Residential Camps, with Exceptions (07/07/2020)
- Fourth Amended Director's Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (07/02/2020)
- Director's Order to Extend the Expiration Date of Various Orders (06/30/2020)
- Director's Order that Provides Guidance for Contact Sports Practices and Non-Contact Sport Competition, with Exception (06/30/2020) REPEALED
- Order that Reopens County Fairs, and Animal Exhibitions with Exceptions (06/16/2020)
- Amended Order that Reopens Restaurants, Bars, Banquets and Catering Facilities and Services to Dine-in Services with Exceptions (06/08/2020)
- Third Amended Order to limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities, with Exceptions (06/04/2020)
- Amendment to Requirements for Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures (06/02/2020)
- Order to Reopen Youth Camps and Resident Camps, with Exceptions (06/01/2020)
- Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing (05/29/2020)
- Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions (05/29/2020)
- Testing of the residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes (05/28/2020)
- Third Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (05/22/2020)
- Guidance for Baseball, Softball, Batting Cages, Golf Courses, Miniature Golf, Local and Public Pools and Aquatic Centers, Tennis Facilities, Skills Training for All Sports, and General Non-Contact Sports including Bowling Alleys, with Exceptions (05/22/2020)
- Order that Reopens Gyms, Dance Instruction Studios, and Other Personal Fitness Venues, with Exceptions (05/22/2020)
- Director's Order that Rescinds and Modifies Portions of the Stay Safe Ohio Order (05/20/2020)
- Director's order that Reopens Campgrounds with Exceptions (05/20/2020)
- ODH Urgent Health Advisory - Ohioans Protecting Ohioans (05/20/2020)
- Director's Order That Reopens Personal Services (05/14/2020)
- Director's Dine Safe Ohio Order (05/14/2020)
- Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order: Director's Order that Reopens Businesses, with Exceptions, and Continues a Stay Healthy and Safe at Home Order (04/30/2020)
- Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order: FAQs (05/01/2020)
- Directors-Stay-At-Home-Order-Amended (4/3/2020)
- Director's Stay at Home Orders (3/22/2020)
- Stay At Home Order Frequently Asked Questions (03/22/2020)
- Amended Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Older Adult Day Care Services and Senior Centers (03/24/2020)
- Order to Prohibit Adult Day Support or Vocational Habilitation Services in a Congregate Setting (03/21/2020)
- Order to Cease Operations and Close Venues (03/21/2020)
- Amended Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of Ohio (03/17/2020)