The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of New Orleans, Louisiana · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
- Level
- City
- Authority
- La. R.S. 29:727; Mayoral Proclamation of May 15, 2020 (Ex. 005); 'the May 26th Mayoral Proclamation to Further promulgate Emergency Orders During the State of Emergency Due to COVID-19' (recited)
- Issued
- 2021-08-13 Aug. 13, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-16 6:00 a.m. (Public Health Advisory of Aug. 12, 2021, Ex. 030); City enforcement from Aug. 23, 2021 (read as 2021-08-16)
- End
- In force on Sept. 30, 2021; carried forward by the Oct. 29, 2021 guidelines (Ex. 031) into 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 16, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- restaurants, bars, breweries, distilleries
- gyms and fitness classes
- indoor sports complexes, stadiums, arenas, concert and music halls, event spaces (hotel ballrooms, event venues, reception halls), pool halls, bowling alleys, arcades, skating rinks, indoor playgrounds, adult live performance venues, casinos, racetracks, video poker establishments, indoor amusement facilities
- all individuals eligible for vaccination
- all businesses (mask and safety requirements)
- Functions reached
- CB every indoor patron screened at the door
- DR dining
- BA bars
- FC gyms and classes
- PE concerts and performances
- BQ hotel ballrooms, event venues, reception halls
- SP indoor sports venues
- AM bowling, arcades, casinos
- HR staff screening
- MASK
- EMP
- Collection
- New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY
Operative words
These restrictions will be effective as of August 16, 2021 at [6:00 A.M.]... proof of vaccination or frequent testing with negative test results shall be required prior to entry into indoor establishments, as provided below. Prior to entering the following indoor establishments all individuals who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine must provide evidence to designated staff or leaders of: 1) having received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine that has received full approval or emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or the World Health Organization; or 2) having received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine as part of a clinical trial; or 3) evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken no more than 72 hours before entry. Indoor dining and drinking: Restaurants; Bars; Breweries, Microbreweries, Distilleries and Microdistilleries. Indoor fitness: Gyms; Indoor group fitness centers or individual fitness classes. Indoor entertainment and/or performances: Indoor sports complexes/stadiums/arenas; Concert and music halls; Event spaces (hotel ballroom, event venue, reception halls); Pool halls, bowling alleys, indoor play centers, arcades, skating rinks, indoor playgrounds and arcades; Adult live performance venues; Casinos, racetracks and video poker establishments; Indoor amusement facilities.... All individuals over the age of 2... are subject to an indoor mask requirement and are required to wear a face covering over the nose and mouth: At all times when in indoor spaces outside the household
Enforcement
Effect of a temporary emergency order under La. R.S. 29:727 (Ex. 005 ¶ 4); Department of Safety and Permits and NOHD compliance enforcement; business handout and posters (Aug. 2021)
Notes
The first vaccination-proof entry order in the South; hotels, convention hotels, casinos and every restaurant and bar in the City operated under it for the last 46 days of Q3 2021 and through the fourth quarter.