{"id":"SC-063","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty","authority":"S.C. Const. art. V, § 4","instrument":"Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01)","title":"Statewide mandate requiring masks or facial coverings in every county and municipal courthouse","dateIssued":"2020-07-30","effective":"2020-07-30","end":"In force at least through Aug. 27, 2021 by incorporation in the trial-court orders of Dec. 16, 2020, Mar. 4 and June 15, 2021 (SC-052, SC-054).","startDate":"2020-07-30","endDate":"2021-08-27","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all persons employed in, conducting business in, or visiting county and municipal courthouses statewide","clerks of court","county executives"],"clause":"IT IS ORDERED all persons employed in, conducting business in, or otherwise visiting or present for any reason in county and municipal courthouses statewide are required to wear a protective mask or other facial covering while inside the courthouse... The number of COVID-19 infections in South Carolina is rapidly increasing and has reached an alarming positive test rate.... a statewide mandate requiring a mask or other facial covering in county and municipal courthouses statewide.","enforcement":"Administrative order of the Chief Justice; contempt (cf. SC-051); incorporated as \u0027shall wear\u0027 in SC-052 and SC-054","functions":["CT courts, clerks and recorders housed in courthouses","PJ litigation","CL closings and filings","WF jurors, witnesses and staff"],"notes":"Recites that \u0027the Governor recently announced the requirement for the use of facial covering in state government buildings\u0027 (EO 2020-50, effective Aug. 3, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2020-07-30-01.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250207072421/https://www.sccourts.org/media/courtOrders/HTMLFiles/2020-07-30-01.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":65930,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-063","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-063","citation":"Chief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Order re Required Use of Protective Masks in County and Municipal Courthouses (2020-07-30-01) (Ex. SC-063)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-052","SC-054","SC-051","SC-049"]}