{"id":"WA-084","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Washington State Secretary of Health","authority":"RCW 43.70.130; RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036","instrument":"Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.5","title":"Face Coverings - Statewide (face coverings required at outdoor events or gatherings of 500 or more)","dateIssued":"2021-09-13","effective":"2021-09-13","end":"Amended by 20-03.6 (Sept. 24, 2021); outdoor-event requirement removed by 20-03.7 (Feb. 16, 2022, effective Feb. 18, 2022)","startDate":"2021-09-13","endDate":"2021-09-24","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","EVT","GATH"],"addressees":["every person in Washington State","attendees and organizers of outdoor events or gatherings of 500 or more"],"clause":"Every person in Washington State must wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth when they are in a place where any person from outside their household is present or in a place that is generally accessible to any person from outside their household, subject to the exceptions and exemptions below.... People are not required to wear face coverings in any of the following situations: When outdoors, except that face coverings are required at outdoor events or gatherings attended by 500 or more people.... This order shall take effect on September 13, 2021, and remain in effect until rescinded or superseded.","enforcement":"WAC 246-100-036 / RCW 70.05.120; organizer prohibition under Proclamation 20-25.17","functions":["PE performances and live events","SP sports","MC","GATH","CB"],"notes":"Recites that \u0027multiple local jurisdictions have issued orders implementing the CDC\u0027s\u0027 recommendation for large outdoor gatherings before the State acted.","sourceUrl":"https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/Secretary_of_Health_Order_20-03_Statewide_Face_Coverings.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210914182543/https://www.doh.wa.gov/Portals/1/Documents/1600/coronavirus/Secretary_of_Health_Order_20-03_Statewide_Face_Coverings.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":245336,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-084","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-084","citation":"Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Washington State Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.5 (Sept. 13, 2021) (Ex. WA-084)","stateName":"Washington","related":["DUT-WA-002","SEC-20-GM-011","SEC-25-GM-004","SEC-25-GM-005","SEC-25-GM-064","WA-111","WA-078","WA-070"]}