The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 17, s. 2A; Public Health Council authorization
- Issued
- 2021-05-28 May 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-29 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-05-29)
- End
- Reissued June 14, 2021 as Attachment N to PHE Order No. 2021-1 under the May 28, 2021 declaration; in force throughout 2021 Q3 (listed as binding on the Commonwealth's mask page in Sept.-Oct. 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 29, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- persons over age 5 in health-care facilities licensed or operated by the Commonwealth and in 'healthcare practice locations of any provider licensed by a professional board which sits within the Department of Public Health or the Division of Professional Licensure'
- congregate care facilities and programs
- emergency shelters
- correctional facilities
- HHS health care and day services and programs
- home health care workers incl. PCAs and home health aides
- Functions reached
- CH/CL/PR dental, physician, chiropractic, optometry, physical-therapy and other board-licensed practice locations
- RS/HC nursing homes, assisted living, group homes
- HC home health visits
- IC infection control in every licensed setting
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
Persons over the age of 5 years old are required to wear a mask or face covering that cover their mouth and nose at all times while indoors in the following locations... This Order applies without regard to an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status. 1. Healthcare facilities licensed or operated by the Commonwealth and healthcare practice locations of any provider licensed by a professional board which sits within the Department of Public Health or the Division of Professional Licensure. 2. Congregate care facilities or programs operated, licensed, certified, regulated, authorized, or funded by the Commonwealth. 3. Emergency shelter programs... 4. Houses of Correction, Department of Correction prisons, jails, and other correctional facilities. 5. Health Care and Day Services and Programs operated, licensed, certified, regulated, or funded by the Commonwealth... 6. Home health care workers, including Personal Care Attendants (PCAs), and Home Health Aides, in community and home-based settings where they are providing patient-facing care.
Enforcement
DPH, EOHHS and constituent agencies may issue implementing guidance; enforced through facility licensure and professional-board authority
Notes
The DPL boards include dentistry (through DPH's Board of Registration in Dentistry), cosmetology and barbering, electrology, massage therapy and others; the order covers 'healthcare practice locations' of DPH- and DPL-board licensees.