What’s Allowed in Emergency Order #12?
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A new public health order—Emergency Order #12—goes into effect at 12:01am on January 13. This order is very similar to Order #11. We’ve outlined the changes below:
Item |
Order # 11 |
Order #12 |
Indoor gatherings |
Allows indoor gatherings of up to 10 people (not including employees), with physical distancing and face coverings. A Mass Gathering is a planned event such as a concert, festival, meeting, training, conference, performance, show, sporting event, or party. |
No change |
Outdoor gatherings |
Allows outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people (not including employees), with physical distancing. You must be physically distanced from anyone you don’t live with. |
Allows outdoor gatherings of up to 50 people (not including employees), with physical distancing. You must be physically distanced from anyone you don’t live with. Drive-in activities may now also offer outdoor seating, as long as it complies with gathering limits. |
Sports |
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Physical distancing between individuals not from the same household or living unit must be maintained to the greatest extent possible for low risk sports. (Previously required physical distancing of six (6) feet at all times. Physical distancing of six (6) feet is still required at all times for medium and high-risk sports.) |
Gyms & Fitness Classes |
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No change, except outdoor classes are now limited to 50 people who do not live together, with physical distancing. |
Face coverings |
Face coverings are required for most people 5 years of age and older when in an enclosed space with people you don't live with. This includes inside buildings and vehicles where people you don’t live with are present. It also includes when standing in a line, when waiting for food and drink outside at a restaurant, and in a park structure (e.g., pavilion). Face coverings are strongly recommended outdoors when it is not possible to physically distance. |
No change |
Childcare |
Individual groups or classrooms may not contain more than 15 children. There should be no interaction or contact between individual groups or classrooms, and there should be physical distancing to the greatest extent possible for youth ages five (5) and above. |
No change |
Schools |
Students and staff must wear a face covering, if possible, inside the building and on school buses. Social distancing also must be practiced inside classrooms, on buses and on school grounds. We issued new guidance for schools on December 14. See our news release for more information. |
No change |
Colleges and Universities |
Colleges and universities may set their own practices but may not open group living quarters without “strict policies that ensure safe living conditions.” |
No change |
Businesses |
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No change |
Personal Services (e.g., salons, spas, tattoo shops, tanning salons, nail salons, barber shops) |
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No change |
Restaurants and Taverns |
Restaurants
Taverns
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No change, except to determine whether an establishment is a restaurant or a tavern, gross receipts for the period July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 will be considered. (Previous period in Order #11 was July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020.) |
Religious and Spiritual Entities |
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No change, except outdoor events as described at left are now limited to 50 people who are not from the same household. |
Special thanks to Wisconsin State Journal for posting a similar table, which we have adapted.