The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955
- Issued
- 2021-05-20 May 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-21 12:00 a.m. (read as 2021-05-21)
- End
- Sections 3-6 (gatherings, specific businesses, sports, restaurants) expired June 10, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. (restaurant section repealed June 2, 2021, Ex. MET-PHL-017); the remainder, including face coverings, until superseded by the Full Reopening Order (Ex. MET-PHL-018) (read as 2021-06-10)
- In force
- May 21, 2021 to June 10, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals indoors regardless of vaccination status
- day care, camp and K-12 settings
- businesses (owner liability)
- Functions reached
- MASK all indoor settings
- WF schools, camps and child care masked indoors and outdoors
- GATH CAP through June 10
- Collection
- Philadelphia MET-PHL
Operative words
Section 4.... A. Educational and Camp Settings.... Staff, attendees, and guests in daycare, camp settings, and educational settings serving children in grades K-12 must continue to mask, whether indoors or outdoors, regardless of vaccination status.... Section 7... B. Face Coverings Required.... 2. Except as provided in paragraph 3, 'Exceptions,' all individuals must wear face coverings indoors... regardless of vaccination status. Individuals are required to wear face coverings properly... at all times when they are: a. at any location where members of the public are generally permitted; b. in the same room with or otherwise in the company of a person who lives in a different household; or c. likely, in the near future, to encounter a person from another household;... F. Expiration Dates: Sections 3-6 of this Order shall expire on June 10, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., unless otherwise rescinded, superseded, or amended by further Order. The remainder of this order shall remain in effect until rescinded, superseded or amended by further Order.
Enforcement
Owner/operator liability (Section 8); fines up to $2,000/$500; orders to cease operations; license suspensions
Notes
Density limits for offices and retail lifted May 21; masking regardless of vaccination status continued to June 10