{"id":"MET-AUS-026","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Austin, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Interim Medical Director and Health Authority), with City Manager and City Attorney certification","authority":"City of Austin Ordinance No. 20200709-003 (authority to adopt rules to protect public health); City Code ch. 1-2 (Adoption of Rules); Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 121 underlying","instrument":"Notice of Emergency Rules Adoption: Health Authority Rules of July 14, 2020","title":"Health Authority Emergency Rules (face coverings outside the residence; site rules: face coverings, disinfection, gatherings of ten or less, six feet between groups, daily worker pre-screening, handwashing, signage)","dateIssued":"2020-07-14","effective":"2020-07-14","end":"2020-08-14 (superseded by the Emergency Rules of August 14, 2020, Ex. MET-AUS-028; stated expiry November 12, 2020, the 121st day)","startDate":"2020-07-14","endDate":"2020-08-14","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP","GATH","QUAR"],"addressees":["individuals within the City of Austin","persons in control of sites","workers","child care programs (separate guidance)"],"clause":"2.1.1. Except as provided in 2.1.2, an individual must wear a face covering when outside of his or her residence.... 3.2. A person in control of a site must: 3.2.1. require each individual to wear a face covering except as provided in 2.1.2; 3.2.2. clean and disinfect high touch items at least twice per day; 3.2.3. limit the number of individuals who gather or stand together to ten or less; 3.2.4. require at least six feet between groups of individuals except when the groups are seated at tables that are at least four feet apart and separated by a solid barrier; 3.2.5. conduct a general health pre-screening of each worker every day before the worker begins his or her shift; 3.2.6. keep toilets clean, sanitary and operational at all times...; 3.2.7. provide single use disposable paper towels and no-touch trash receptacles...; 3.2.8. mandate workers wash their hands for at least twenty seconds...; 3.2.9. for workers confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, follow all directions from Austin Public Health... 3.3. Signs required.","enforcement":"Not recited in the notice; Ordinance No. 20200709-003 supplies the mechanism (not in library); the Travis County Commissioners Court adopted enforcement for unincorporated areas on August 4, 2020 (recited in Ex. MET-AUS-047)","functions":["EMP daily worker pre-screening, disinfection, signage, handwashing","WF face coverings; exclusion of infected workers","CB every customer masked; groups of ten or less","DR table spacing and barriers","SL/SF site rules"],"notes":"The first Health Authority rule set; adopted under a City ordinance of July 9, 2020 rather than under a mayoral disaster order, which is why it survived GA-34\u0027s preemption of \u0027orders\u0027 in the City\u0027s view. Superseded August 14, 2020.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":204437,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-026","citation":"Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Mark E. Escott, MD, MPH, Interim Medical Director and Health Authority), with City Manager and City Attorney certification, Notice of Emergency Rules Adoption: Health Authority Rules of July 14, 2020 (Ex. MET-AUS-026)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-028","MET-AUS-047"]}