The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; Coronavirus Support Emergency Amendment Act of 2021, D.C. Act 24-30 (eff. Mar. 17, 2021); D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
- Issued
- 2021-03-17 Mar. 17, 2021
- Effective
- Sections II and XIII.1 immediately; all other sections 2021-03-22 5:00 a.m. (read as 2021-03-22)
- End
- 2021-05-20 by its terms; eased May 1, 2021 (late-April order) and superseded May 17/21, 2021 (MO 2021-069) (read as 2021-05-20)
- In force
- Mar. 22, 2021 to May 20, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- the public
- non-essential retail
- personal services
- non-essential non-retail businesses
- bars and nightclubs
- restaurants
- gyms and recreation
- places of worship
- child care centers
- museums
- libraries
- theatres
- real estate and developers
- travelers
- Functions reached
- GATH fifty outdoors, ten indoors
- SF retail twenty-five percent or 250
- SL personal services by appointment, one employee per customer
- OF telework encouragement removed; return plans ordered
- BA bars and nightclubs closed
- DR restaurants twenty-five percent or 250, alcohol to midnight, seated only
- FC gyms twenty-five percent or 250, indoor classes of ten
- SP high-contact sports prohibited
- WS worship twenty-five percent or 250 with mandatory masking and reservations
- PE movie theatres twenty-five per auditorium; museums 250 per floor; live entertainment by waiver
- EC child care under OSSE and DC Health guidance
- SH real estate events fifty outdoors, ten indoors
- TV travel testing with vaccinated exemption
- MASK full mask order restated (sec. II.2)
- Collection
- District of Columbia DC
Operative words
[the emergencies] are further extended through May 20, 2021.... The number of persons permitted at a large gathering outdoors is fifty (50) persons. The number of persons permitted indoors... may not exceed ten (10) persons... Modifications include the removal of the provision strongly encouraging telework at non-essential, non-retail businesses. Business shall implement plans to safely increase the presence of on-site employees and contractors, in compliance with public health guidance... Non-essential retail businesses are limited to no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of their capacity... or two hundred fifty (250) persons, whichever is fewer... Bars, nightclubs, and mixed-use facilities shall remain closed, except to the extent that they are operating as a food licensed establishment... The indoor occupancy of restaurants and other licensed food establishments is twenty-five percent (25%)... or no more than two hundred fifty (250) persons... Restaurants... may operate for patrons until midnight, and allow sales, service, and consumption of alcohol... until midnight.... Indoor group fitness classes are permitted with up to ten (10) persons... High-contact sports... are prohibited... Places of worship may admit no more than twenty-five percent (25%) of their capacity... or two hundred fifty (250) persons, whichever is fewer.... Individuals who are fully vaccinated are not required to self-quarantine or test
Enforcement
D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties including civil fines or summary suspension or revocation of licenses; Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act penalties and injunctive relief reserved; City Administrator may issue penalty regulations; not applied to federal employees on duty (sec. XV)
Notes
Restates the entire mask order of MO 2020-080 as Phase Two universal provisions (sec. II.2); the file's original name carried the typo '2020-038'
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