The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 17, s. 2A (advisory)
- Issued
- 2021-07-30 July 30, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-30
- End
- Advisory; superseded by later advisories (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- July 30, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- all residents (advisory); binding only where the May 28, 2021 order applies
- Functions reached
- context for the Delta-wave posture; the binding instruments are MA-050 and the federal CDC order
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
Commonwealth mask page (Oct. 1, 2021 capture): 'Effective July 30: The Department of Public Health has issued a new mask advisory... Masks are still mandatory for all individuals on public and private transportation systems (including rideshares, livery, taxi, ferries, MBTA, Commuter Rail and transportation stations), in healthcare facilities and in other settings hosting vulnerable populations, such as congregate care settings. The Commonwealth's mask order was rescinded on May 29, 2021.'
Enforcement
Advisory only; the transit requirement rests on the federal CDC order and the health-care and congregate requirement on the DPH May 28, 2021 order
Notes
Massachusetts did not reinstate a general mask mandate in Q3 2021.
Retrieval noteConfirmed from the Commonwealth's own mask-requirements page (Wayback Oct. 1, 2021); advisory text not fetched.