{"id":"LA-036","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor John Bel Edwards","authority":"La. R.S. 29:721 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:760 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:761","instrument":"Proclamation 137 JBE 2021","title":"COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Mitigation Measures - Statewide Mask Mandate","dateIssued":"2021-08-02","effective":"2021-08-04","end":"2021-09-01; renewed by 167 JBE 2021 (to Sept. 29) and 181 JBE 2021 (to Oct. 27); ended by 203 JBE 2021 effective 2021-10-27","startDate":"2021-08-04","endDate":"2021-09-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP","SCH","EMER"],"addressees":["all individuals in the State of Louisiana aged five and older (and kindergarten enrollees)","all businesses and organizations","all schools and child-care settings","public conveyances","local governing authorities"],"clause":"SECTION 3: FACE COVERINGS A) All individuals in the State of Louisiana shall be required to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when indoors in any place outside of a private residence except in the circumstances provided for in Subsection (C) below.... C) The requirements in Subsection (A) do not apply to the following: 1) Any individual who will not come in contact with any other individual (outside of their immediate household members) or who will be able to maintain strict social distancing of six feet apart... 2) any child under the age of five not enrolled in a kindergarten program... 3) any individual with a medical condition that prevents the wearing of a face covering; 4) any individual who is consuming food or drinks;... 8) any athlete participating in organized athletic activities. D) All local governing authorities and operators of private businesses and organizations shall retain the authority to issue more restrictive measures than that imposed by the State. E) Citations under this Section shall be written only to businesses or organizations, other than religious organizations, that fail to enforce the requirement to wear face coverings. Operators of businesses and organizations are entitled to rely on the representations of their customers, patrons, or employees regarding whether or not they qualify for an exception... F) If a business or organization does not allow entry to a worker, customer, or patron because that person refuses to wear a face covering, and if that worker, customer, or patron enters the premises or refuses to leave the premises, law enforcement personnel may enforce the trespassing laws... SECTION 6:... these provisions are effective from Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 to Wednesday, September 1, 2021, or as extended by any subsequent Proclamation","enforcement":"Section 3(E) citations to businesses and organizations that fail to enforce; Section 3(F) trespass enforcement; Section 4 GOHSEP and State Fire Marshal \u0027directed to ensure compliance\u0027; La. R.S. 29:724(E)","functions":["MASK every indoor workplace, sales floor, dining room, classroom, clinic and office","EMP employers must enforce","WF (school and child-care masking; vaccinated and unvaccinated alike)","CB customers","OF offices"],"notes":"Recitals: Louisiana had the highest case rate in the United States (620 per 100,000) and was \u0027at the highest number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients during the pandemic\u0027; the Louisiana Department of Health recommended the mandate.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.louisiana.gov/assets/Proclamations/2021/137-JBE-2021-StateofEmergencyOCR.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3760999,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-036","citation":"Governor John Bel Edwards, Proclamation 137 JBE 2021 (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. LA-036)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["DUT-LA-001","DUT-LA-017","SEC-04-GM-005","SEC-04-GM-029","SEC-04-GM-030","SEC-04-GM-037","SEC-06-GM-040","SEC-12-GM-005","SEC-14-GM-020","SEC-14-GM-021","SEC-17-GM-036","SEC-17-GM-062"]}