The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A
- Issued
- 2020-06-06 June 6, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-08 (Step 1); Step 2 by Order No. 40 (June 22, 2020) (read as 2020-06-08)
- End
- Rescinded May 29, 2021 (Order No. 69); Order No. 13 rescinded by this order 12:01 a.m. June 8, 2020 (read as 2021-05-29)
- In force
- June 8, 2020 to May 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- Phase II enterprises (retail, restaurants, hotels, personal services, warehouses, golf, funeral homes, driving schools, higher education limited)
- Phase III and IV enterprises (closed)
- municipalities
- Functions reached
- SF retail incl. enclosed malls from June 8
- DR outdoor dining June 8, indoor June 22
- LG hotels with no events, functions or meetings
- SL close-contact services June 22
- FC/PE/AM Phase III and IV closed
- MC meetings, functions, conventions closed
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
Businesses and other organizations that are designated as Phase III and Phase IV enterprises on the chart attached as Schedule A must keep their brick-and-mortar premises closed to workers, customers, and the public and may not conduct Phase III and IV activities except as remote means permit.... Step 1: On June 8, 2020, Phase II enterprises that are not designated as Step 2 enterprises may open their brick-and-mortar premises to workers, customers, and the public. Restaurants are authorized to provide outdoor table service beginning with the June 8 commencement of Step 1.... Effective upon the commencement of Step 2 a. close contact personal services... may open...; and b. Restaurants may commence indoor table service.... No municipal or other local authority should adopt or enforce any workplace health or safety rule to address COVID-19 that is in addition to, stricter than, or otherwise in conflict with any COVID-19 workplace safety rule adopted in this Order.
Enforcement
Self-certification before opening (s. 3); DLS/DPH/EEA rules; municipal boards of health concurrent authority; civil fine up to $300 per violation under G.L. c. 277, s. 70C; injunction (s. 4)
Notes
Schedule A lists Phase IV: amusement parks, water parks, saunas, bars, dance clubs and nightclubs, beer gardens without food service, large capacity venues (theaters and concert halls, ballrooms, stadiums, arenas, dance floors, exhibition and convention halls), private party rooms, street festivals, parades, road races.