{"id":"MET-PDX-014","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Multnomah County, Oregon","state":"OR","metro":"PDX","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chair Deborah Kafoury (executive order under the County emergency declaration)","authority":"Multnomah County Declaration of Emergency (Mar. 11, 2020, as extended) and County Code emergency powers; Multnomah County Health Officer","instrument":"Executive order mandating masks in all indoor public spaces in Multnomah County for all persons 5 and older regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 13, 2021 (announced Aug. 9, 2021)","title":"Multnomah County Chair issues executive order mandating masks in all public indoor spaces","dateIssued":"2021-08-09","effective":"2021-08-13","end":"Expected \u0027until January\u0027 (release); the County\u0027s \u0027local mask requirement\u0027 was lifted Mar. 12, 2022 (MET-PDX-016)","startDate":"2021-08-13","endDate":"2022-03-12","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all people 5 and older in Multnomah County (2 and older if tolerated)","all businesses (legally required to comply)"],"clause":"Beginning Friday, Aug. 13, all people in Multnomah County will be required to wear a mask in indoor public spaces. Masks will be required, regardless of vaccination status, for all people 5 and older (2 years and older if tolerated).... Chair Deborah Kafoury this week will issue an executive order that legally requires individuals and businesses to comply with the county-wide rule.... The rule excludes people actively eating and drinking in food establishments.... Enforcement will be based on complaints emailed or phoned into the County.... Violators could face a warning or a fine up to a $1,000. The sharp upward trend in cases and limping rate of vaccine mean the mandate is likely to remain in place until January.","enforcement":"Complaint-based; warning or fine up to $1,000 (release); civil fine of up to $1,000 per day per offense under the Apr. 9, 2020 extension of the declaration (MET-PDX-005)","functions":["SF sales floors (customers masked)","DR dining (masked except while eating and drinking)","FC fitness","PE performances and venues","WS indoor worship","OF offices open to the public","EMP businesses must ensure compliance","CB customers","WF employees"],"notes":"The first county in Oregon to reinstate an indoor mask mandate in the Delta wave (MET-PDX-015). The release also records that the County was preparing to implement the State\u0027s health-care-worker vaccine mandate \u0027beginning Oct. 1\u0027 covering nearly 2,000 County employees (OAR 333-019-1010, Exs. OR-046, OR-051). The State\u0027s OAR 333-019-1025 took effect the same day, Aug. 13, 2021 (Ex. OR-048).","sourceUrl":"https://www.multco.us/novel-coronavirus-covid-19/news/multnomah-county-chair-issues-executive-order-mandating-masks-all","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":270215,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-PDX","url":"/library/MET-PDX-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-PDX-014","citation":"Chair Deborah Kafoury (executive order under the County emergency declaration), Executive order mandating masks in all indoor public spaces in Multnomah County for all persons 5 and older regardless of vaccination status, effective Aug. 13, 2021 (announced Aug. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-PDX-014)","stateName":"Oregon","related":["MET-PDX-016","MET-PDX-013","MET-PDX-015","OR-046","OR-051","OR-048","MET-PDX-005"]}