{"id":"MET-DCM-023","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Montgomery County, Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"DCM","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Council sitting as the Board of Health (lead sponsor: Council President at the request of the County Executive)","authority":"Md. Code Health-Gen. § 3-202(d); independent of the State emergency (which ended July 1, 2021)","instrument":"Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-975","title":"Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the County (indoor face coverings upon substantial transmission)","dateIssued":"2021-08-05","effective":"2021-08-07 12:00 a.m. (requirement triggered by the Health Officer\u0027s Aug. 5, 2021 notice)","end":"Terminates after 7 consecutive days of moderate transmission (¶2.c); amended Oct. 5 and 12, 2021","startDate":"2021-08-07","endDate":"2021-10-28","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["all persons over the age of two","every location accessible to the public","businesses, organizations and venues"],"clause":"Face Coverings. a. Requirement to Wear Face Coverings. Upon notice by the Health Officer [that the County is an area of] substantial transmission, and without further action by the Board of Health: [all persons over the age of two must] wear face coverings indoors at any location accessible to the public... c. The requirement to wear face coverings under subparagraph a. terminates, without further action by the Board of Health, when the County returns to a status of moderate transmission for 7 consecutive days... Effective Date. This regulation takes effect on August 7, 2021 at 12:00 a.m.","enforcement":"¶ (enforcement): county departments with authority over the subject matter; \u0027appropriate fines and sanctions\u0027 for requestors, organizations or venues","functions":["CB customers masked indoors","WF workforce masked indoors","SF sales floors","DR dining rooms","FC fitness and venues","WS worship (public-accessible indoor locations)"],"notes":"The Q3 2021 instrument for Montgomery County: a force-of-law indoor mask mandate on every public-accessible indoor location from Aug. 7, 2021 through the end of the quarter; recites the CDC\u0027s July 27, 2021 Delta guidance and the County Executive\u0027s and Health Officer\u0027s recommendation.","sourceUrl":"https://apps.montgomerycountymd.gov/ccllims/DownloadFilePage?FileName=10186_1_16669_Resolution_19-975_Adopted_20210805.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":272663,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DCM","url":"/library/MET-DCM-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DCM-023","citation":"County Council sitting as the Board of Health (lead sponsor: Council President at the request of the County Executive), Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-975 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-023)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}