The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Md. Code, Pub. Safety Title 14
- Issued
- 2021-05-14 May 14, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-15 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-05-15)
- End
- Rescinded 12:01 a.m. July 1, 2021 (MD-031 I.a) (read as 2021-07-01)
- In force
- May 15, 2021 to July 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care orders
- Addressees
- riders of public transportation and school buses
- persons obtaining health care
- persons in schools
- the Secretary of Health
- Functions reached
- CL CH PR clinical settings (patient and staff masks)
- WF transit commuters
- IN schools
- TR school buses
- Collection
- Maryland MD
Operative words
I.c. All persons in Maryland shall comply with applicable Secretary's Directives. III.a.i. Except as provided in paragraph III.b, 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. obtaining healthcare services, including without limitation, in offices of physicians and dentists, hospitals, pharmacies, and laboratories; and 3. indoors in any portion of a School where interaction with others is likely, including without limitation, classrooms, hallways, cafeterias, auditoriums, and gymnasiums. IV.a. The Order... dated March 12, 2020, entitled "Prohibiting Movement of Persons to and from Certain Vessels..." is rescinded and of no further effect. IV.b. The Order... number 20-04-05-02, entitled "Delegating Authority to Local Health Officials to Control and Close Unsafe Facilities" is rescinded and of no further effect.... EFFECTIVE AS OF 12:01 A.M. ON MAY 15, 2021.
Enforcement
Misdemeanor, imprisonment not exceeding one year or fine not exceeding $5,000 or both
Notes
The residual statewide mask order for the last six weeks of Q2 2021; MDH 2021-05-14-01 (MD-054) added facility-specific mask requirements and medical adult day care conditions under it