Executive Order 2021-18 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 85)

The record

Jurisdiction

Illinois

Level

State

Authority

Illinois Constitution; 20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(8), 7(12), 7(19)

Issued

2021-08-04 Aug. 4, 2021

Effective

2021-08-04 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-08-04)

End

Re-issued in its entirety (as amended by EO 2021-19) through Oct. 16, 2021 (EO 2021-23) and beyond (read as 2021-10-16)

In force

Aug. 4, 2021 to Oct. 16, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all public and nonpublic pre-K-12 schools
• all day care facilities
• all nursing homes and long-term care facilities
• students, children, staff and visitors

Functions reached

• IN in-person instruction
• EC child care
• RS residential care
• WF workforce (children's schooling; quarantine and isolation strategies)
• IC infection control (long-term care)

Collection

Illinois IL

Operative words

Section 1: School Mitigation Measures. All public and nonpublic schools in Illinois serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students must follow the joint guidance issued by ISBE and IDPH and take proactive measures to ensure the safety of students, staff, and visitors, including, but not limited to: Requiring the indoor use of face coverings by students, staff, and visitors who are over age two and able to medically tolerate a face covering, regardless of vaccination status, consistent with CDC guidance; and, Implementing other layered prevention strategies (such as physical distancing, screening testing, ventilation, handwashing and respiratory etiquette, advising individuals to stay home when sick and get tested, contact tracing in combination with appropriate quarantine and isolation, and cleaning and disinfection)... Section 2: Day Care Mitigation Measures. All day care facilities in Illinois must follow the joint guidance issued by DCFS and IDPH and take proactive measures... including... Requiring the indoor use of face coverings by children, staff, and visitors who are over age two and able to medically tolerate a face covering, regardless of vaccination status... Section 3: Long-Term Care Mitigation Measures. All nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Illinois must continue to follow the guidance issued by the CDC and IDPH that requires the use of face coverings in congregate facilities for those over the age of two and able to medically tolerate a face covering, regardless of vaccination status.

Enforcement

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