{"id":"WA-110","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 20-03.7 (post-period; recites the dates and content of Orders 20-03 through 20-03.6)","title":"Face Coverings - Statewide (amending Order 20-03; removes the outdoor 500-person requirement)","dateIssued":"2022-02-16","effective":"2022-02-18","end":"Statewide indoor requirement ended March 12, 2022 (post-period)","startDate":"2022-02-18","endDate":"2022-03-12","quarters":[],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["every person in Washington State"],"clause":"WHEREAS, on June 24, 2020, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03 was issued, directing every person in Washington State to wear a face covering when in any indoor or outdoor public setting, subject to certain exceptions; and WHEREAS, on July 24, 2020, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1 was issued, directing every person in Washington State to wear a face covering when outside of their dwelling unit, subject to certain exception; and WHEREAS, on May 17, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.2 was issued, exempting fully vaccinated people...; and WHEREAS, on June 29, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.3 was issued, permitting people to be outdoors without face coverings...; and... WHEREAS, on August 19, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.4 was issued, reinstituting a requirement for people to wear face coverings, regardless of their vaccination status, when in a place where any person from outside their household is present or in a public place, with limited exceptions; and WHEREAS, on September 13, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.5 was issued, requiring people to wear face coverings at outdoor events or gatherings attended by 500 or more people; and WHEREAS, on September 24, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.6 was issued, permitting non-spectators to not wear face coverings on the field of play","enforcement":"WAC 246-100-036 / RCW 70.05.120","functions":["MASK chronology authority"],"notes":"Included for its recitals, which fix the issue dates and content of every version of the statewide face-covering order from June 24, 2020 through September 24, 2021; the order itself is post-period.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-01/WA_DOH_Secretary_of_Health_Order_20-03.7_Amended_Statewide_Face_Covering_2022.02.16.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":246643,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-110","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-110","citation":"Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH, Washington State Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.7 (post-period; recites the dates and content of Orders 20-03 through 20-03.6) (Feb. 16, 2022) (Ex. WA-110)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-042"]}