{"id":"MD-091","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland","authority":"Md. Const. art. IV, sec. 18; Md. Rules Title 16, Chapter 1000","instrument":"Ninth Administrative Order Clarifying COVID-19 Health Measures in Courthouses and Judicial Branch Facilities (Aug. 6, 2021, effective Aug. 9, 2021): masks in courthouses in substantial or high transmission jurisdictions","title":"Ninth Administrative Order Clarifying COVID-19 Health Measures in Courthouses and Judicial Branch Facilities","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-08-09 and for the remainder of the COVID-19 emergency period","end":"Superseded by later health-measures orders (2022)","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","CRT"],"addressees":["judges, Judiciary personnel and all persons entering any State courthouse or judicial facility"],"clause":"(a) The wearing of face masks is voluntary for judges, Judiciary personnel, and any other persons who have completed the vaccination process, except that, consistent with the CDC guidelines, in the event any county or Baltimore City reaches or has reached the transmission status of \u0022substantial\u0022 or \u0022high\u0022 on any day after Friday, August 6, 2021, all individuals entering a state courthouse or judicial facility in that jurisdiction shall wear face masks indoors regardless of vaccination status or other related health measures until such time that the county or Baltimore City has achieved a transmission status of \u0022moderate\u0022 or \u0022low,\u0022 per the CDC transmission status map, for fourteen consecutive calendar days; and (b) During CDC \u0022substantial\u0022 and \u0022high\u0022 transmission status periods... all judges, Judiciary personnel, and any other persons over the age of two (2) years shall wear masks in all courthouses and judicial facilities at all times including during in-person court proceedings... (j) Any person who does not comply with this emergency order shall be subject to removal from the courthouse or judicial facility and disciplinary action as appropriate; and (k) To the extent that any local order conflicts with this Order, this Order shall prevail","enforcement":"(j) removal from the courthouse and disciplinary action","functions":["CT every courthouse visit (attorneys, litigants, title and process servers)","PJ"],"notes":"By Aug. 19, 2021 every Maryland county and Baltimore City was at \u0027substantial\u0027 or \u0027high\u0027 (recital of MD-092), so the mask requirement applied statewide for the rest of Q3 2021","sourceUrl":"https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/admin-orders/20210806ninthorderclarifyingcovid19healthmeasuresincourthousesandjudicialbranchfacilities.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210806204250/https://mdcourts.gov/sites/default/files/admin-orders/20210806ninthorderclarifyingcovid19healthmeasuresincourthousesandjudicialbranchfacilities.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":301437,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-091","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-091","citation":"Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Ninth Administrative Order Clarifying COVID-19 Health Measures in Courthouses and Judicial Branch Facilities (Aug. 6, 2021, effective Aug. 9, 2021): masks in courthouses in substantial or high transmission jurisdictions (Ex. MD-091)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-092","MD-090","MD-089"]}