2021-09-30 COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 18

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Mitchell D. Roth Afavor Lee E. Lord Managing Director Robert H. Command Deputy, Afanaging Director 69CUUN of Paiunil (Office of #4le nVor 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 323-4444 . Fax (808) 323A440 Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 18 Pursuant to the authority vested in. me by Hawai'i Revised Statutes Chapter 127A and due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, 1 hereby adopt and promulgate the following rules which have the force and effect of law. The following State of Hawaii proclamations related to the COVID-19 emergency authorized by Governor David Ige are relevant to this emergency rule: The Thirteenth Proclamation established a negative test exception to the mandatory self -quarantine requirement for persons entering the State of Hawaii effective October 15, 2020 and suspended certain specified laws; the Fourteenth Proclamation authorized each county to establish a two -test system for transpacific travelers entering the respective counties; the Fifteenth Proclamation established a statewide face covering requirement; the Sixteenth Proclamation modified the requirements for transpacific travel to H,awai'i; the Seventeenth Proclamation reduced the mandatory self -quarantine for persons entering the State of Hawai'i and for travelers to the counties of Maui, Kauai, Hawai'i and Kalawao from 14 days to 10 days; the Eighteenth Proclamation extended the state of emergency and clarified the state of mind required for violation of the proclamation and the requirements for self -quarantine exceptions; the Nineteenth, Twentieth and Twenty - First Proclamation which began to recognize progress made on managing.the crisis and implementing limiting relaxation of certain restrictions. Since then, however, there has been an alarming increase in the spread of COVID-19 which is primarily related to the DELTA variant of COVID-19. Consistent with the forgoing, the Governor issued an Emergency Proclamation Related -to the COVID-19 DELTA Response dated October 1, 2021. This Emergency Rule is based upon evidence that COVID-19 continues to endure within this state and county via transpacific travel related cases as well as through dramatic increased community spread as reported by the State Department of Health ("DOH") and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC"). This Emergency Rule is also based upon scientific evidence that reinforces the types of best practices and social policies that are most effective at mitigating or preventing the transmission of COVID-19. To date, the number of documented cases of COVID-19 in the State is in excess of County of Ilawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.