{"id":"SC-033","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Henry McMaster","authority":"As EO 2020-50; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-410, 25-1-440, 25-1-450","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2021-12","title":"Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures","dateIssued":"2021-03-05","effective":"2021-03-05 (immediately)","end":"2021-05-11 (superseded by EO 2021-23)","startDate":"2021-03-05","endDate":"2021-05-11","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMER","TELE","OTHER"],"addressees":["restaurants and the public (guidelines)","State agencies and employees","counties and municipalities"],"clause":"Section 2. Emergency Guidelines Regarding Face Coverings. A. I hereby encourage all individuals within the State of South Carolina to wear a Face Covering... Section 3. Emergency Guidelines Regarding Restaurant Operations. A. I hereby urge any and all restaurants... to consider, incorporate, and adhere to, to the greatest extent practicable, the following guidelines... Section 5(D). I hereby direct all state agencies to immediately expedite the transition back to normal operations. All Agency Heads, or their designees, shall submit to the Department of Administration, for review and approval, a plan to expeditiously return all non-essential employees and staff to the workplace on a full-time basis.... § 2(G): [nothing herein] prohibit[s] counties and municipalities of this State from enacting or implementing... appropriate and narrowly tailored emergency ordinances, orders, or other measures requiring individuals to wear a Face Covering","enforcement":"§ 12 (§ 16-7-10(A)) for the remaining directives; face-covering and restaurant provisions became guidance","functions":["end of the restaurant and State-building mask mandates","OF State offices return ordered","local mask ordinances preserved"],"notes":"The instrument that ended South Carolina\u0027s general business restrictions (Mar. 5, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://governor.sc.gov/sites/governor/files/Documents/Executive-Orders/2021-03-05%20FINAL%20Executive%20Order%20No.%202021-12%20-%20Modifying%20%20Amending%20Emergency%20Measures.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":237493,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-033","citation":"Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2021-12 (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. SC-033)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-032","SC-034","SC-035","SC-031","SC-036"]}