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Mayor's Order 2020-080

Wearing of Masks in the District of Columbia To Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

Mayor Muriel Bowser · District of Columbia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Act 23-328; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
Issued
2020-07-22 July 22, 2020
Effective
2020-07-22 (immediately) (read as 2020-07-22)
End
'through October 9, 2020, or until the date to which the state of emergency is extended, whichever is later'; carried forward verbatim in MO 2021-038 sec. II.2 (Mar. 17, 2021); modified May 17, 2021 (MO 2021-069); superseded by MO 2021-097 (July 29, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
July 22, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons
  • businesses, office buildings and other establishments open to the public
  • employers
  • taxis, ride-share and public transit
Functions reached
  • SF signage and exclusion of unmasked customers
  • OF office buildings
  • WF employer-provided masks
  • DR restaurants (masks except while eating or drinking)
  • TV transit and for-hire vehicles
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

Businesses, office buildings, and other establishments open to members of the public shall post signage on their exterior doors stating that a person may not enter unless the person is wearing a mask. In addition, the business, office building, or other establishment shall exclude or attempt to eject persons who are not wearing masks or who remove their required masks.... Employers shall provide masks to their employees.... Persons leaving their residences shall wear a mask when they are likely to come into contact with another person, such as being within six feet of another person for more than a fleeting time

Enforcement

Fines of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, prosecutable by the Attorney General in Superior Court; DCRA, DDOT, ABRA, OSSE, DFHV and DC Health may revoke, suspend or limit licenses and permits (sec. VII); enforcement not applied to federal employees on duty (sec. IV.2)

Notes

Consolidated mask order; exceptions for eating, vigorous exercise, an enclosed office 'that no one else is permitted to enter', children two and under, medical inability, broadcast speech

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF (4 pp.); read by OCR.