{"id":"NC-031","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Roy Cooper","authority":"N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.10, 166A-19.30(a)(1), (b), (c); 166A-19.31(b)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 224","title":"Implementing Measures to Address COVID-19 and Related Variants","dateIssued":"2021-07-29","effective":"2021-07-29 17:00; sec. 4.2 from 2021-08-02; sec. 4.1 from 2021-09-01","end":"2021-08-31 17:00 by its terms; extended by EO 229 (Aug. 31, 2021, 90 days), EO 238 (to Jan. 5, 2022) and EO 253 (Mar. 1, 2022)","startDate":"2021-07-29","endDate":"2021-08-31","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","MASK","HC","EMP","SCH"],"addressees":["Cabinet agencies and their workers","Office of State Human Resources","NCDHHS and pharmacists (standing orders)","private businesses, organizations and schools (recommendations)","counties and cities"],"clause":"4.1. Vaccination or Testing Required for Unvaccinated Workers at Cabinet Agencies... The OSHR policy shall be effective September 1, 2021... a. All workers must either: 1. Provide proof that they are Fully Vaccinated; or 2. Be tested at least once a week for COVID-19... 4.2. Face Covering Requirements at Cabinet Agencies. Effective Monday, August 2, 2021: a. If they are not Fully Vaccinated, workers must wear Face Coverings in any indoor space, within a state government office, building, or facility, that is... controlled by an agency that is either part of the Governor\u0027s Office or is headed by a member of the Governor\u0027s Cabinet... 2.4(a)... nothing herein... is intended to limit or prohibit counties and cities in North Carolina from enacting ordinances and issuing state of emergency declarations which impose greater restrictions or prohibitions","enforcement":"Sec. 8: enforced by State and local law enforcement under 166A-19.30(a)(2); \u0027A violation of this Executive Order may be subject to prosecution pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. [166A-19.30(d)]... Class 2 misdemeanor\u0027","functions":["WF workforce (vaccination status; testing; masks)","HR screening and onboarding","OF State offices","HC testing and vaccination standing orders","IN schools (universal masking recommended)"],"notes":"Secs. 2.1-2.2 statewide standing orders for COVID-19 testing and vaccination; sec. 3 recommends that private businesses and schools follow NCDHHS guidance and that all K-12 schools require face coverings regardless of vaccination status; sec. 4 binds Cabinet agencies only and \u0027strongly encourage[s]\u0027 all other State and local agencies to adopt similar policies.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.nc.gov/executive-order-no-224/open","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1295874,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NC","url":"/library/NC-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NC-031","citation":"Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 224 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. NC-031)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["DUT-NC-003","NC-058","NC-066","NC-059","NC-030","NC-060","NC-061","NC-029","NC-065","NC-028"]}