The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Baltimore City, Maryland · Baltimore · Maryland
- Level
- City
- Authority
- COMAR 10.06.01.06; Baltimore City Health Code § 4-404 (City authority; no State delegation)
- Issued
- 2021-08-10 Aug. 10, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-10 (order dated August 10, 2021; 'B. This Order is EFFECTIVE immediately') (read as 2021-08-10)
- End
- 2022-03-01 6:00 a.m. (MET-BAL-018) (read as 2022-03-01)
- In force
- Aug. 10, 2021 to Mar. 1, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons over two years old
- Functions reached
- SF
- DR
- WS
- FC
- SL
- OF offices
- KT food preparation
- HC health care
- SCH
- TR transit
- CB
- WF
- Collection
- Baltimore MET-BAL
Operative words
all persons... over the age of two (2) years old are required to wear a face covering when they are: i. in or on any Public Transportation or School Bus; ii. indoors at any location other than a private home, 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; iii. obtaining healthcare services, including without limitation, in offices of physicians and dentists, hospitals, pharmacies, and laboratories; iv. 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 v. indoors in any portion of a School where interaction with others is likely
Enforcement
Baltimore City Health Code §§ 2-107 (right of entry), 2-205, 2-207 (no person may refuse, neglect or fail to comply), 2-211 and 2-213: misdemeanor, fine not more than $200 per offense plus $50 per day; nuisance citation up to $1,000
Notes
The Q3 2021 instrument for Baltimore City: recites Delta-variant increases (cases up 374 percent in four weeks), the CDC substantial-transmission designation and the City's March 19, 2020 state of emergency 'still in place'.
Retrieval noteThe Aug. 5/6 first version (effective Aug. 9) was not separately retrieved; the Aug. 10 restatement is the operative text.