{"id":"MET-SEA-003","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"King County, Washington","state":"WA","metro":"SEA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle \u0026 King County","authority":"RCW 70.05.070(2)-(3); WAC 246-100-036","instrument":"Local Health Officer Indoor Masking Directive","title":"Local Health Officer Indoor Masking Directive","dateIssued":"2021-05-20","effective":"2021-05-20 (\u0027EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY\u0027); updated May 27, 2021 per the Public Health release","end":"Lifted when Public Health confirmed 70 percent of residents 16 and older fully vaccinated (announced June 15, 2021; MET-SEA-034)","startDate":"2021-05-20","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["everyone 5 and older in King County","indoor spaces open to the public: retail, grocery stores, government buildings, other businesses"],"clause":"EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, as Local Health Officer I hereby DIRECT as follows: INDOOR MASKING DIRECTIVE. Everyone 5-years of age and older in King County should continue to wear a face covering within indoor public spaces, unless a state-approved method is used to assure that all people allowed inside have been fully vaccinated. Everyone in correctional facilities, homeless shelters, schools, public transportation, and certain health care settings... must also wear a well-fitted mask... This DIRECTIVE applies to indoor spaces that are open to the public, including retail, grocery stores, government buildings, and other businesses and places where members of the public can enter freely; it does not apply to indoor non-public spaces, including businesses, offices, and other places of employment with limited access.","enforcement":"Directive (\u0027should\u0027), not an order; recites that \u0027it is necessary to update the Local Health Officer\u0027s previous Directive on masking that went into effect on May 18, 2020\u0027","functions":["SF sales floor","CB customers","EMP public-facing staff"],"notes":"Issued after SOH Order 20-03.2 (May 15, 2021) exempted vaccinated persons statewide; King County kept universal indoor masking as the local standard for another month. Confirms by recital the existence and effective date (May 18, 2020) of the 2020 Directive.","sourceUrl":"https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/C19/LHO-indoor-mask-directive.ashx","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210520184630/https://kingcounty.gov/~/media/depts/health/communicable-diseases/documents/C19/LHO-indoor-mask-directive.ashx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":194924,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SEA","url":"/library/MET-SEA-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SEA-003","citation":"Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle \u0026 King County, Local Health Officer Indoor Masking Directive (May 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-SEA-003)","stateName":"Washington","related":["MET-SEA-034","MET-SEA-035","MET-SEA-047"]}