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Public Health Order 2021-08 Requiring Facial Coverings in All Indoor Public Spaces for All Individuals Age 2 and Older Regardless of Vaccination Status

BCPH Public Health Order 2021-08 (September 2, 2021)

Boulder County Public Health (approved by the Board of Health Sept. 2, 2021) · Boulder County, Colorado (County)

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Jurisdiction
Boulder County, Colorado · Denver · Colorado
Level
County
Authority
C.R.S. 25-1-506, 25-1-508, 25-1-509, 25-1-516
Issued
2021-09-02 Sept. 2, 2021
Effective
2021-09-03 5:00 p.m. (read as 2021-09-03)
End
Until rescinded (masking required during CDC substantial or high transmission and for 21 days after; re-triggered after five consecutive days of substantial or high transmission); universal requirement ended Feb. 18, 2022 (read as 2022-02-18)
In force
Sept. 3, 2021 to Feb. 18, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • all individuals age 2 and older in every indoor public space in Boulder County
  • employers and operators of indoor public spaces (vaccination-verification exemption available with BCPH approval)
Functions reached
  • SF
  • DR
  • FC
  • OF (places of employment open to the public)
  • CB
  • WF
  • VAX (proof-of-vaccination pathway for exemption)
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

Boulder County Public Health issues this Boulder County Public Health Order 2021-08 Requiring Facial [Coverings in All Indoor Public Spaces for All Individuals Age 2 and Older Regardless of Vaccination Status]... Whereas, as of September 1, 2021, the Delta variant now constitutes 99.2% of all COVID-19 [tests sequenced in Colorado]... Whereas, 27.3% of the total population of Boulder County has not yet been fully vaccinated... Whereas, as of September 1, 2021, the CDC identifies Boulder County as an area with high [transmission]

Enforcement

C.R.S. 25-1-114 and 25-1-516

Notes

County release of Sept. 2, 2021: exemptions only for private homes and for indoor public spaces where employers have implemented proof-of-vaccination requirements for all employees, staff, visitors and patrons with BCPH approval (the county's 'Vaccination Passport Program').

Retrieval note

The Denver metro's only in-period universal indoor mask re-imposition for the general public.