Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, 35 P.S. 521.5; Administrative Code sec. 2102(a), 71 P.S. 532(a); 28 Pa. Code 27.60

Issued

2021-08-31 Aug. 31, 2021

Effective

12:01 a.m. September 7, 2021 (read as 2021-09-07)

End

December 10, 2021 (Pennsylvania Supreme Court held the order void, Corman v. Beam; Ex. ECO-B-107 'Suspended by court action') (read as 2021-12-10)

In force

Sept. 7, 2021 to Dec. 10, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child care

Addressees

• School Entities including '(8) A child care provider licensed by the Department of Human Services'
• teachers, children/students, staff and visitors

Functions reached

• WF (school and child-care staff; parents)
• SCH

Collection

Workforce, schools and child care ECO-B

Operative words

'Accordingly, on this day, August 31, 2021, in order to prevent and control the spread of disease, I hereby order:... Section 2.... Each teacher, child/student, staff, or visitor working, attending, or visiting a School Entity shall wear a face covering indoors, regardless of vaccination status, except as set forth in Section 3.' 'Section 6. Effective Date and Duration. This Order shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 7, 2021, and shall remain in effect until otherwise terminated.' Recital: 'there have been 1,300,368 cases and 28,235 deaths in this Commonwealth.'

Enforcement

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