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Mayor
Roy Takemoto
Managing Director
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawaii
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Amendment #2 and Extension to Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12
On October 13, 2020, Governor David Y. Ige issued the Fourteenth Proclamation
Related to the COVID-19 Emergency (14th Proclamation) authorizing the counties to establish
a two -test system for transpacific travelers entering the State and to adopt a negative test
exception to the County Travel Quarantine.
This Amendment #2 to Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12 adopts two negative
test exception choices for interisland travelers entering the County of Hawaii. One choice is a
pre -travel negative test exception that will follow the State's transpacific travel testing program.
The other choice is a negative test exception that will allow interisland travelers to present a
negative COVID-19 test result taken during their 14 day self -quarantine after arrival on Hawaii
Island to be released from quarantine. Both negative test exceptions will be integrated into the
State's Safe Travels Program. Amendment #2 also recognizes an exemption for travel outside
of Hawaii Island for medical purposes.
Section D.2 of Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12 is hereby replaced with the
following:
D. Travel to the County of Hawaii
2. Interisland Travelers
• Exemption/Modified Quarantine: Inter -island travelers arriving onto
Hawaii Island seeking a modified self -quarantine or exemption from the
self -quarantine requirements must receive approval for such modification
or exemption from the County of Hawaii. Requests shall be submitted via
the following online format-
https://survey123.arcgis.com/share/e2f4ce19aa854964a8fd60bec7fbe78c
Persons who travel outside of Hawaii Island for medical purposes will not
be subject to quarantine upon their return to Hawaii Island as long as they
submit a request to the County via the above online format and provide
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their flight itinerary, licensed physician letter or certification with the date(s)
of appointments that are medically necessary. If the medical traveler
requires a travel companion, this person must be named in the doctor's
letter or certification. This exemption does not apply if the travel involves
any non-medical related purposes.
• Place of Quarantine: Persons requiring paid or commercial lodging while
subject to the mandatory 14 day self -quarantine shall designate a hotel or
motel as their quarantine location. Short-term vacation rentals (STVR),
bed and breakfast (B&B) establishments, or other paid or commercial
lodging defined by the Hawaii Revised Statutes as "transient
accommodations" shall not be designated as a quarantine location except
for visiting essential and critical infrastructure workers, provided
quarantine restrictions are followed.
• Negative test exceptions -
Pre -test with negative COVID-19 results upon arrival: Persons five
years or older traveling to Hawaii County who provide written
confirmation of a negative test result from a State approved COVID-19
test administered to the traveler within 72 hours prior to arrival into
Hawaii County are exempt from quarantine. Children under the age of
five traveling with parents or guardians who have negative test results
are exempt from quarantine.
"State approved COVID-19 test" means a test to determine the
presence of active COVID-19 infection that has been approved for use
under the Department of Health.
2. Pre-test with no results upon arrival: Persons who avail themselves
to a pre-test but do not have their results upon arrival are subject to
quarantine in accordance with Exhibit B Section 4(c) of the 14th
Proclamation, but may submit their negative test result to the State by
uploading such verification to www.travel.hawaii.gov.
3. Post -Arrival test: Persons subject to the 14 day self -quarantine may
arrange for and break self -quarantine to receive an approved COVID-
19 test while in mandatory self -quarantine. Those persons who
provide written confirmation of a negative test result from a State
approved COVID-19 test will be removed from quarantine. Negative
test results must be submitted to the State by uploading such
verification to www.travel.hawaii.gov.
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Written acceptance of the negative test results will allow the traveler to
no longer be subject to quarantine.
Persons shall bear all costs related to their interisland pre -travel and
post arrival testing, however, County district testing will be available at
no cost.
Amendment #2 extends Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12 and Amendment to
Mayor's COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 12 and is effective from 12:01 a.m. October 21, 2020
to 7:00 a.m. through November 30, 2020, or until extended, rescinded, superseded, or
amended by my subsequent order, or as otherwise provided by law.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawai'i to be affixed. Done this 18th day of October 2020 in Hilo, Hawaii.
Harry Kim
Mayor
County of Hawaii
CONCURRENCE:
Governor David Y. Ige
I HEREBY CERTIFY that above is a
true and correct copy of the original
now on file in my office.
John Henricks
County Clerk
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