The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Md. Code, Pub. Safety Title 14
- Issued
- 2021-04-28 Apr. 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-28; para. III.b.2 ceases 12:01 a.m. May 1, 2021 (read as 2021-04-28)
- End
- Restated May 12, 2021 (MD-095) (read as 2021-05-12)
- In force
- Apr. 28, 2021 to May 12, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- convention and banquet facilities, indoor and outdoor venues (50%)
- foodservice
- all persons over five (indoor masks, work areas, health care, schools, transit)
- Functions reached
- MC BQ PE EVT venues 50 percent
- OF shared offices (masks)
- DR (outdoor restriction to May 1)
- IN schools (masks)
- Collection
- Maryland MD
Operative words
III.a. 50% Occupancy Limit. The total number of persons permitted in each of the following Facilities at any one time shall not exceed 50% of that Facility's Maximum Occupancy [Convention and Banquet Facilities; Indoor Venues; Outdoor Venues]... [paragraph] III.b.2 shall cease to be effective at 12:01 a.m. on May 1, 2021. IV.a.i.... all persons in Maryland over the age of five (5) years old are required to wear a Face Covering when they are: 1. in or on any Public Transportation or School Bus; 2. indoors at any location where members of the public are generally permitted...; 3. at any Outdoor Venue; 4. obtaining healthcare services...; 5. engaged in work in any area where: a. interaction with others is likely, including without limitation, in shared areas of commercial offices; or b. food is prepared or packaged; and 6. indoors in any portion of a School where interaction with others is likely...
Enforcement
V.a. Each law enforcement officer of the State or a political subdivision shall execute and enforce this Order and any Local Order. V.b. A person who knowingly and willfully violates this Order or any Local Order is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both
Notes
The general outdoor face-covering item ('outdoors at any location other than an Outdoor Venue') present in 21-03-09-01 is absent here; Governor's Apr. 28, 2021 announcement: outdoor mask mandate lifted, outdoor dining restrictions ended