The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maryland
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Md. Code, Pub. Safety Title 14
- Issued
- 2021-05-12 May 12, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-15 (per the Governor's May 12, 2021 announcement; effective clause on the last page not read) (read as 2021-05-15)
- End
- Restated May 14, 2021 (MD-030)
- In force
- May 15, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons over five
- all Facilities
- the Secretary of Health
- Functions reached
- all indoor customer-facing functions (masks)
- OF shared offices (masks)
- PF food preparation (masks)
- IN schools (masks)
- Collection
- Maryland MD
Operative words
I.b. The Secretary of Health is hereby authorized to issue directives under this Order ("Secretary's Directives")... which directives may consist of binding requirements and/or non-binding recommendations, and may include, without limitation, requirements pertaining to physical distancing, cleaning, disinfection, COVID-19 symptom screening, restrooms and other shared facilities, concessions, and/or ingress, egress, and movement of persons; and/or ii. requiring individuals to remain indoors or to refrain from congregating... 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. indoors at any location where members of the public are generally permitted, including without limitation, Religious Facilities, Retail Establishments, Foodservice Establishments, Fitness Centers, Gaming Facilities, the Indoor Areas of Racing Facilities, Indoor Recreation Establishments, Personal Services Establishments, and Indoor Venues; 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
Law enforcement execution clause; misdemeanor, one year or $5,000
Notes
No occupancy section remains (sections I Administrative, II Definitions, III Face Coverings); the 50 percent venue caps of MD-028 are gone. Scanned seven pages; pages 1, 3 and 5 read