Executive Order 2021-20 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 87)

The record

Jurisdiction

Illinois

Level

State

Authority

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

Issued

2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021

Effective

2021-08-26 (effective immediately); face coverings from Monday, Aug. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-08-26)

End

Superseded Sept. 3, 2021 by EO 2021-22, which restated it with amendments; the indoor mandate ran through Feb. 28, 2022 (post-period; not verified in this session) (read as 2021-09-03)

In force

Aug. 26, 2021 to Sept. 3, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing

Addressees

• all individuals in Illinois over two
• all Health Care Workers and Health Care Facilities
• School Personnel
• Institutions of Higher Education, their personnel and students
• State employees, contractors and vendors at IDVA, DHS, IDOC and IDJJ congregate facilities

Functions reached

• MASK all indoor public places and workplaces (all industries)
• HR/WF vaccination status and weekly testing for health care, school and higher-education workforces
• IC infection control
• CB (masked customers)
• WF State congregate-facility contractors and vendors

Collection

Illinois IL

Operative words

Section 1: Face covering requirements for individuals. Beginning on Monday, August 30, 2021, all individuals in Illinois who are age two or over and able to medically tolerate a face covering (a mask or cloth face covering) shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when in an indoor public place.... Face coverings may be removed temporarily while actively eating or drinking (including in bars or restaurants), and may be removed by workers at workplaces when they can consistently maintain six feet of distance (such as when workers are in their office or cubicle space). All individuals, including those who are fully vaccinated, shall continue to be required to wear a face covering (1) on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation and in transportation hubs...; (2) in congregate facilities...; and (3) in healthcare settings. Section 2: Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Workers.... 'Health Care Facility' means any institution, building, or agency... that is used, operated or designed to provide health services, medical treatment or nursing, or rehabilitative or preventive care to any person or persons. This includes, but is not limited to, ambulatory surgical treatment centers, hospices, hospitals, physician offices, dental offices, free-standing emergency centers, urgent care facilities, birth centers, post-surgical recovery care facilities, end-stage renal disease facilities, long-term care facilities..., assisted living facilities, supportive living facilities, medical assistance facilities, mental health centers, outpatient facilities, public health centers, rehabilitation facilities, residential treatment facilities, and adult day care centers.... All Health Care Workers must have, at a minimum, the first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days after issuance of this Executive Order, and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within 30 days following administration of their first dose in a two-dose vaccination series. Any Health Care Workers who have not established that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 must be tested consistent with the requirements of Subsection (d).... Section 3: Vaccination Requirements for School Personnel.... Section 4: Vaccination Requirements for Higher Education.... Section 5: Vaccination Requirements at State-Owned or Operated Congregate Facilities.... All State employees at State-owned or operated congregate facilities must have both doses of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine by no later than October 4, 2021, subject to bargaining. All contractors and vendors who work at State-owned or operated congregate facilities must have both doses... by no later than October 4, 2021. Section 6: Additional Vaccination and Testing Requirements. Nothing in this Executive Order prohibits any entity from implementing vaccination or testing requirements for personnel, contractors, students or other visitors that exceed the requirements of this Executive Order. IDPH and the Illinois State Board of Education may adopt emergency rules to require facilities to conduct more frequent testing.

Enforcement

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