{"id":"VA-044","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Virginia","state":"VA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Virginia Department of Health","authority":"Va. Code §§ 32.1-13, 32.1-20, 32.1-27","instrument":"VDH Frequently Asked Questions: State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools, issued August 12, 2021 (updated Aug. 17, 2021)","title":"Frequently Asked Questions - State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency - Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools, issued August 12, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-08-17","effective":"Describes an order effective Aug. 12, 2021","end":"The order remained in force through 2021 Q3 (its termination in 2022 is outside the period)","startDate":"2021-08-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["public and private K-12 schools","students, teachers, staff and visitors","PreK programs in K-12 schools"],"clause":"On August 12, 2021, State Health Commissioner Dr. M. Norman Oliver reissued a Public Health Order requiring all students, teachers, staff, and visitors in public and private K-12 schools to wear masks indoors, regardless of vaccination status. This Order reinforces current state law, which requires Virginia schools to adhere to mitigation strategies outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.... Orders of the Commissioner or the Board of Health may be enforced pursuant to Virginia Code § 32.1-27 which provides, in part, that any person not obeying an order of the Commissioner may be compelled in a proceeding instituted in an appropriate court by the Board or Commissioner to obey such order.... The Order does not apply to freestanding daycares or preschools... The Order does apply to young children, age 2 and older, participating in early childhood and PreK programs at public and private K-12 schools.","enforcement":"Va. Code § 32.1-27 (court proceedings to compel obedience; Class 1 misdemeanor for willful violation)","functions":["IN in-person instruction","WF","AC","EC"],"notes":"VDH\u0027s own document; the order\u0027s text itself was not located in the archived VDH or Governor folders. Grade the FAQ as VDH\u0027s primary text and the order as verified_secondary (see the separate record).","sourceUrl":"https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/182/2021/08/K-12-Public-Health-Order-FAQs-8_17_21-1.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210819033243/https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/182/2021/08/K-12-Public-Health-Order-FAQs-8_17_21-1.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":120644,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VA","url":"/library/VA-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VA-044","citation":"Virginia Department of Health, VDH Frequently Asked Questions: State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools, issued August 12, 2021 (updated Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. VA-044)","stateName":"Virginia","related":["AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029","VA-043"]}