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Mayor's Order 2021-096

End of Public Health Emergency and Extension of Public Emergency

Mayor Muriel Bowser · District of Columbia (State)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.; D.C. Act 24-30; D.C. Act 24-79; Public Emergency Extension and Eviction and Utility Moratorium Phasing Emergency Amendment Act of 2021, Bill 24-345 (signed July 24, 2021; D.C. Act 24-125)
Issued
2021-07-24 July 24, 2021
Effective
2021-07-25 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-07-25)
End
Public emergency extended to Oct. 8, 2021 (further extended by MO 2021-119 to Jan. 7, 2022); superseded by MO 2021-119 to the extent of inconsistency (read as 2021-10-08)
In force
July 25, 2021 to Oct. 8, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • District agencies
  • the public
  • businesses and organizations (guidance)
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate for Q3 2021 and Q4 2021
  • QUAR isolation and quarantine sites maintained
  • OF District government virtual-meeting mandate (MO 2020-065 secs. I-III) continued
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

the public health emergency declared by Mayor's Order 2020-046, dated March 11, 2020, and most recently extended by Mayor's Order 2021-069, dated May 17, 2021, shall terminate at 12:01 a.m. on July 25, 2021.... The COVID-19 public emergency declared by Mayor's Order 2020-045, dated March 11, 2020, is hereby extended until October 8, 2021.... the City Administrator, in consultation with the directors of the Department of Health and [HSEMA], remain authorized to implement any measures as may be necessary or appropriate to protect persons and property in the District of Columbia from the impacts of COVID-19... including... Maintaining, as needed, sites for isolation and quarantine... Continuing to issue guidance to agencies, businesses, and organizations to aid them in maintaining safe operations.

Enforcement

D.C. Official Code 7-2304(b) emergency powers; the Mayor's release of July 24, 2021 lists the retained authorities to 'Establish mask requirements' and 'Establish vaccination requirements'

Notes

Recites 'increases in case rates or hospitalizations may necessitate re-imposition of restrictions'; five days later the Mayor re-imposed indoor masks

Retrieval note

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