{"id":"ECO-B-054","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Public Health and Health Planning Council and Commissioner of Health (Howard A. Zucker, M.D.)","authority":"N.Y. Public Health Law 201, 206, 225; State Sanitary Code, 10 NYCRR Part 2","instrument":"Emergency regulation, 10 NYCRR 2.60, Face Coverings for COVID-19 Prevention (repealing Subpart 66-3)","title":"Face Coverings for COVID-19 Prevention (Commissioner\u0027s determination of settings, including schools and public transit, where face coverings are required)","dateIssued":"2021-08-27","effective":"August 27, 2021","end":"Renewed through the 2021-22 school year; school requirement lifted March 2, 2022 (Ex. ECO-B-107)","startDate":"2021-08-27","endDate":"2022-03-02","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["persons in settings determined by the Commissioner (schools, public transit, homeless shelters, correctional facilities, health care)","businesses (must provide face coverings to employees)","local health officers (enforcement)"],"clause":"\u00272.60. Face Coverings for COVID-19 Prevention (a) As determined by the Commissioner based on COVID-19 incidence and prevalence, as well as any other public health and/or clinical risk factors... any person who is over age two and able to medically tolerate a face-covering shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a mask or face-covering [in settings identified by] the Commissioner, which may include schools, public transit, homeless shelters, correctional facilities,... (b) Businesses must provide, at their expense, face-coverings for their employees required to [wear them]... (ii) All local health officers shall take such steps as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Section.\u0027","enforcement":"N.Y. Pub. Health Law 12, 206; 10 NYCRR 2.60(f) (each day a separate violation)","functions":["WF (school staff; transit commuters; employees furnished masks)","SCH","EMP"],"notes":"The Commissioner\u0027s determination of Aug. 27, 2021 required masks in all P-12 schools (Ballotpedia; Ex. ECO-B-107).","sourceUrl":"https://regs.health.ny.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/emergency_regulations/Face%20Coverings%20for%20COVID%2019%20Prevention.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":353468,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-054","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-054","citation":"Public Health and Health Planning Council and Commissioner of Health (Howard A. Zucker, M.D.), Emergency regulation, 10 NYCRR 2.60, Face Coverings for COVID-19 Prevention (repealing Subpart 66-3) (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-054)","stateName":"New York","related":["ECO-B-107","AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-016"]}