The COVID Project
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
- 2021-09-03 Sept. 3, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-03 (effective immediately; supersedes EO 2021-20) (read as 2021-09-03)
- End
- Re-issued in its entirety through Oct. 16, 2021 (EO 2021-23, which also amended sec. 5.b) and beyond (read as 2021-10-16)
- In force
- Sept. 3, 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 rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all individuals over two
- all employers
- Health Care Workers and Facilities
- School Personnel
- Higher Education Personnel and students
- State congregate facilities
- Functions reached
- MASK every indoor workplace and public place (employer duty)
- HR/WF vaccination or weekly testing (health care, schools, higher education)
- IC
- CB
- 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. All employers must ensure that employees wear face coverings in indoor workplaces.... Face coverings may be removed temporarily while actively eating or drinking (including in bars or restaurants), and may be removed by employees at workplaces when they can consistently maintain six feet of distance (such as when employees are in their office or cubicle space).... 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 by September 19, 2021, and the second dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series within 30 days following administration of their first dose... Beginning September 19, 2021, to enter or work at or for a Health Care Facility, Health Care Workers who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 must undergo testing for COVID-19... Health Care Workers who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 must be tested for COVID-19 weekly, at a minimum.... All School Personnel must have, at a minimum, the first dose... by September 19, 2021... Beginning September 19, 2021, to enter or work at or for a School, School Personnel who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 must undergo testing for COVID-19... Individuals who demonstrate they are exempt from the vaccination requirement shall undergo, at a minimum, weekly testing.
Enforcement
20 ILCS 3305/7 and 19; employers' duty as to employees; facilities and schools must exclude non-compliant workers from the premises unless tested; IDPH and ISBE emergency rules authorized
Notes
The operative Illinois mask and vaccination instrument on Sept. 30, 2021.