The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A
- Issued
- 2021-04-29 Apr. 29, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-30 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-04-30)
- End
- Rescinded 12:01 a.m. May 29, 2021 (Order No. 69); replaced in health-care and congregate settings by the DPH order of May 28, 2021 (read as 2021-05-29)
- In force
- Apr. 30, 2021 to May 29, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons over age 5 in public locations
- operators of facilities, businesses and events
- employers and schools
- Functions reached
- SF/OF/DR all indoor public locations
- EV events incl. hotels, event venues and private clubs
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
all persons in Massachusetts over the age of 5 years old are required to wear a mask or face covering over their mouth and nose in the following circumstances: A. Public Locations. Indoors. Face coverings are required at all times when indoors and in a public location. Outdoors. Face coverings are required when outdoors and in a public location if unable to maintain a distance of approximately six feet from every other non-household member... B. Events and Gatherings. Public Locations. Face coverings are required at all times at events and gatherings in public locations.
Enforcement
As in Order No. 55 ($300 civil fine under G.L. c. 40, s. 21D); operators may decline entry; employers may require documentation
Notes
Recites 2,436,087 persons fully vaccinated as of April 28, 2021.