The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2020-04-25 Apr. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-28 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (individuals); 2020-05-01 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (businesses) (approved Apr. 25, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.) (read as 2020-04-28)
- End
- Amended by DE-024, DE-025, DE-028; carried into the Omnibus § H (DE-031) and its Revisions (universal indoor order Dec. 14, 2020, DE-033); general mandate and business enforcement duty ended 8:00 a.m. May 21, 2021 (DE-038 § E); sector-specific mask duties continued to July 13, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Apr. 28, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all businesses
- public transportation, taxis, ride-sharing
- health-care providers
- Functions reached
- SF/DR every customer-facing function
- TR transit riders and drivers
- HC every health-care visit
- HR/EMP every business must supply and enforce face coverings
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
¶ 3: 'All individuals must wear a face covering, except where doing so would inhibit that individual's health or where the individual is under two years of age, while in the following places: a. when they are a rider on public transportation, or a paratransit vehicle, taxi, private car service or ride-sharing vehicle; b. when they are a customer of any business, including, but not limited to, grocery stores, convenience stores, supermarkets, laundromats, and restaurants...; c. when they are obtaining services at any healthcare provider, including, but not limited to, hospitals, medical clinics and offices, special care facilities, medical laboratories, dentists, pharmacies, blood banks and blood drives... unless directed otherwise by the healthcare provider; d. when they are in an outdoor public area... if maintaining social distancing of six (6) feet between individuals of different households is impracticable; or e. when they are in any public area and are feeling sick, coughing, or sneezing.' ¶ 4: 'All businesses are required to do the following no later than May 1, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.:...' (require customers to wear face coverings; provide face coverings for employees; accommodations; signage).
Enforcement
20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125 (Modification clause)
Notes
Delaware's mask order ran continuously for individuals from Apr. 28, 2020 and for businesses from May 1, 2020 to May 21, 2021; the Omnibus § H rewrote it Sept. 4, 2020 and the Fourth Revision made it universal indoors Dec. 14, 2020.
Retrieval noteRead; verbatim matches bundled DE-05. Governor's release: news.delaware.gov/2020/04/25/governor-carney-requires-delawareans-to-wear-face-coverings-in-public-settings/.