Amendment #3 and Extension to Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12

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Amendment #3 to Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12 Page 2 of 4 globally as well as for ongoing policymaking, healthcare and epidemiological planning and response efforts. Accordingly, Section D.1 of Mayor’s COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12, as previously amended, is hereby replaced with the following: D. Travel to the County of Hawaiʻi Pursuant to the 14th Proclamation, all persons traveling to Hawaiʻi Island are subject to the State of Hawaiʻi’s mandatory 14 day self-quarantine unless an exemption or modification applies. The period of self-quarantine shall begin from the date of entry onto Hawaiʻi Island and shall last 14 days or the duration of the person’s presence on the island, whichever is shorter. 1. Transpacific Travelers • Pre-test with negative results upon arrival: Up to 25% of those persons availing themselves to the State’s negative test exception (effective October 15, 2020), as articulated in the 14th Proclamation, Section IV.B. and Exhibit B Section (4)(a)(2) (“pre-test exception”), must take a second COVID-19 test (“arrival test”) upon arrival to Hawaiʻi island to be administered at a County-designated facility near the airport. The County shall determine the method, manner, and actual number of persons randomly selected for the arrival test and the cost of the arrival test will be borne by the County. While awaiting the results of the “arrival test”, the traveler is not required to quarantine. Travelers whose arrival test are positive or inconclusive for COVID-19 will be referred to the State Department of Health Hawaiʻi District Office for further handling. • Pre-test with no test results upon arrival: Up to 25% of those persons availing themselves to the State’s pre-test exception but do not have their results upon arrival to Hawaiʻi Island as articulated in the 14th Proclamation, Section IV.B. and Exhibit B (Exhibit B Section 4(c)), must take an arrival test to be administered at a county-designated facility near the airport. The County shall determine the method, manner, and actual number of persons randomly selected for the arrival test and the cost of the arrival test will be borne by the County. While awaiting the results of the pre-test, the traveler is subject to quarantine in accordance with Exhibit B Section 4(c) of the 14th Proclamation. 2