{"id":"NY-073","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D.","authority":"10 NYCRR 2.60; Public Health Law 201, 206, 225","instrument":"Commissioner\u0027s Determination on Indoor Masking Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.60","title":"Commissioner\u0027s Determination on Indoor Masking Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.60","dateIssued":"2021-08-27","effective":"2021-08-27, \u0027until this determination is modified or rescinded\u0027","end":"Modified and continued into 2022 (beyond the period)","startDate":"2021-08-27","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","HC","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all personnel and visitors in health-care settings regulated under Public Health Law Articles 28, 36 and 40","adult care facility personnel and unvaccinated visitors","teachers, staff, students and visitors of every P-12 school","correctional facilities and detention centers","homeless shelters","public transportation conveyances and transportation hubs"],"clause":"1. Healthcare settings: a. Personnel:... all personnel, regardless of vaccination status, in a healthcare setting (i.e., facilities or entities regulated under Articles 28, 36 and 40 of the Public Health Law) shall wear an appropriate face mask in accordance with applicable CDC exceptions, until this determination is modified or rescinded. b. Visitors to Healthcare Facilities:... all visitors over age two and able to medically tolerate a face covering/mask shall be required to wear a face covering/mask in health care facilities, regardless of vaccination status... 3. P-12 school settings:... universal masking of teachers, staff, students, and visitors to P-12 schools over age two and able to medically tolerate a face covering/mask, regardless of vaccination status... 4. Correctional facilities and detention centers... 5. Homeless Shelters... 6. Public Transportation Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs","enforcement":"10 NYCRR 2.60(f): fine up to $1,000 per violation per day; local health officers to enforce","functions":["IC infection control (hospitals, home care, hospice)","VS visitation","RS adult care","IN schools (students and staff)","WF (school-age children\u0027s masking and quarantine; transit commuters)","TR transit"],"notes":"Findings: \u0027Since early July, cases have risen 10-fold, and 95 percent of sequenced recent positives in New York State were the Delta variant\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/08/2.60-determination.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210831131551/https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2021/08/2.60-determination.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":220795,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NY","url":"/library/NY-073","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NY-073","citation":"Commissioner of Health Howard A. Zucker, M.D., J.D, Commissioner\u0027s Determination on Indoor Masking Pursuant to 10 NYCRR 2.60 (Aug. 27, 2021) (Ex. NY-073)","stateName":"New York","related":["DUT-NY-004","DUT-NY-006","SEC-03-GM-005","SEC-03-GM-016","SEC-03-GM-041","SEC-20-GM-035","SEC-20-GM-064","SEC-21-GM-027","SEC-21-GM-028","SEC-22-GM-051","NY-074","NY-075"]}