The COVID Project
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 II.2 (Mar. 17, 2021); modified May 17, 2021 (MO 2021-069); superseded by MO 2021-097 (July 29, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)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
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- 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 noteScanned PDF (4 pp.); read by OCR.