{"id":"MA-050","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor","authority":"G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; Public Health Council authorization","instrument":"Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings","title":"Order Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings","dateIssued":"2021-05-28","effective":"2021-05-29 12:01 a.m.","end":"Reissued June 14, 2021 as Attachment N to PHE Order No. 2021-1 under the May 28, 2021 declaration; in force throughout 2021 Q3 (listed as binding on the Commonwealth\u0027s mask page in Sept.-Oct. 2021)","startDate":"2021-05-29","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["persons over age 5 in health-care facilities licensed or operated by the Commonwealth and in \u0027healthcare practice locations of any provider licensed by a professional board which sits within the Department of Public Health or the Division of Professional Licensure\u0027","congregate care facilities and programs","emergency shelters","correctional facilities","HHS health care and day services and programs","home health care workers incl. PCAs and home health aides"],"clause":"Persons over the age of 5 years old are required to wear a mask or face covering that cover their mouth and nose at all times while indoors in the following locations... This Order applies without regard to an individual\u0027s COVID-19 vaccination status. 1. Healthcare facilities licensed or operated by the Commonwealth and healthcare practice locations of any provider licensed by a professional board which sits within the Department of Public Health or the Division of Professional Licensure. 2. Congregate care facilities or programs operated, licensed, certified, regulated, authorized, or funded by the Commonwealth. 3. Emergency shelter programs... 4. Houses of Correction, Department of Correction prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities. 5. Health Care and Day Services and Programs operated, licensed, certified, regulated, or funded by the Commonwealth... 6. Home health care workers, including Personal Care Attendants (PCAs), and Home Health Aides, in community and home-based settings where they are providing patient-facing care.","enforcement":"DPH, EOHHS and constituent agencies may issue implementing guidance; enforced through facility licensure and professional-board authority","functions":["CH/CL/PR dental, physician, chiropractic, optometry, physical-therapy and other board-licensed practice locations","RS/HC nursing homes, assisted living, group homes","HC home health visits","IC infection control in every licensed setting"],"notes":"The DPL boards include dentistry (through DPH\u0027s Board of Registration in Dentistry), cosmetology and barbering, electrology, massage therapy and others; the order covers \u0027healthcare practice locations\u0027 of DPH- and DPL-board licensees.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/dph-mask-order-may-28-2021/download","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210606172654/https://www.mass.gov/doc/dph-mask-order-may-28-2021/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":229044,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-050","citation":"Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (Ex. MA-050)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-001","SEC-02-GM-022","SEC-17-GM-091","MA-073"]}