{"id":"WY-040","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wyoming","state":"WY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist","authority":"Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-240(a)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)","instrument":"Statewide Public Health Order #4","title":"Statewide Public Health Order Requiring Face Coverings in Certain Places, With Exceptions","dateIssued":"2020-12-07","effective":"2020-12-09","end":"2021-01-08 as issued; continued (First Continuation Jan. 9-25; Second Jan. 26-Feb. 14; Third Feb. 15-28; Fourth Mar. 1-15, 2021) and expired without renewal 2021-03-15","startDate":"2020-12-09","endDate":"2021-01-08","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all members of the public","every business (retail or commercial) that employs or engages workers or volunteers","State, county and municipal government facilities open to the public","health care operations","public transportation, taxis, shuttles and ride-share drivers"],"clause":"individuals within the State of Wyoming shall wear a Face Covering in certain places as further described below. 3. \u0027Business\u0027 means any business entity (retail or commercial) that employs or engages workers or volunteers. 4. Except as specifically exempted below, all members of the public must wear a Face Covering outside their home or other place of residence in the following situations: a. When any person is inside, or in line to enter, any business, or any government facility open to the general public, including state, county, and municipal buildings but excluding federal buildings; or b. When any person is obtaining services at, or visiting healthcare operations...; or c. [When] any person is waiting for or riding on public transportation or paratransit, or while they are riding in a taxi, private car service, shuttle, tour, or ride-sharing vehicle. The driver shall also wear a Face Covering when passengers are in the vehicle. 5. All businesses must post notices... 7. All employees, owners, and volunteers of businesses... shall wear Face Coverings at their business or government facility when they are within 6 feet of customers, clients, other staff workers, or volunteers. They must also wear a Face Covering when working or volunteering in a space that could be visited by members of the public","enforcement":"Wyo. Stat. Ann. 35-1-105 and -106 (recited in the order\u0027s closing paragraph)","functions":["SF every sales floor and customer-facing premises","EMP employee mask duty and signage","OP offices open to the public","CB customers","HC health care visitors","TR transit and ride-share"],"notes":"Para. 8 exemptions: personal office alone; children under 12 (3-11 encouraged); seated diners six feet apart, six per table; congregate care; medical, mental-health or disability conditions with no documentation required; hearing impaired; workplace-safety risk; face services; identification. Wyoming\u0027s only statewide mask order; in force December 9, 2020 to March 15, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Order4_StatewideFaceCoveringOrder_Dec72020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201213190636/https://health.wyo.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Order4_StatewideFaceCoveringOrder_Dec72020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":211977,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WY","url":"/library/WY-040","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WY-040","citation":"Wyoming Department of Health, State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Statewide Public Health Order #4 (Dec. 7, 2020) (Ex. WY-040)","stateName":"Wyoming","related":["DUT-WY-002","WY-038","WY-039","WY-037","WY-036","WY-041","WY-033","WY-034","WY-042","WY-043","WY-032","WY-044"]}