The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Acts 23-247 and 23-286; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
- Issued
- 2020-05-13 May 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-05-16)
- End
- 2020-06-08 by its terms; stay-at-home lifted May 29, 2020 (MO 2020-067); mask sections continued under MO 2020-067 sec. II.3 and MO 2020-080 sec. VIII until superseded by MO 2020-080 (July 22, 2020) (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- May 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- individuals living in, working in or visiting the District
- Essential Businesses
- District government agencies
- transit operators
- taxis and ride-share
- Functions reached
- CB stay-at-home continued to May 29
- SF masked customers and exclusion of the unmasked
- WF employee masks procured by the employer
- OF District government telework preference
- GATH
- Collection
- District of Columbia DC
Operative words
Individuals living, working, and visiting Washington, DC must continue to stay at their place of residence... Individuals living in, working in, or visiting the District shall wear masks or face coverings [when likely to be in the presence of other persons]... Essential Businesses must require their employees and independent contractors to wear masks or face coverings.... Essential Businesses must post signage at their entrances... Essential Businesses must exclude customers and visitors who are not wearing a mask or face covering... The City Administrator shall develop a recommended plan for the restoration of office-based and other site-based District government operations, which shall... Include a preference for continued telework where efficient and effective
Enforcement
D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties; agency personnel actions for District employees
Notes
First general mask order for the public and for Essential Businesses; effective May 16, 2020; the emergencies extended through June 8, 2020
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