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Ex. MET-SDF-012 Order Primary source read

LFCHD notice: Learn more about wearing a mask to slow the spread of COVID-19

LFCHD notice of the statewide face-covering mandate effective 5:00 p.m. July 10, 2020

Lexington-Fayette County Health Department (LFCHD) · Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky (County)

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Jurisdiction
Lexington-Fayette County, Kentucky · Louisville and Lexington · Kentucky
Level
County
Authority
KRS ch. 212 (local health departments); publishing Executive Order 2020-586 (Governor, July 9, 2020)
Issued
2020-07-10 July 10, 2020
Effective
2020-07-10 17:00 (read as 2020-07-10)
End
2021-06-11 (termination of the statewide mask mandate, KY file) (read as 2021-06-11)
In force
July 10, 2020 to June 11, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirement
Addressees
  • the public and businesses of Fayette County
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor
  • OF offices
  • WF workforce
  • CB customers
Collection
Louisville and Lexington MET-SDF

Operative words

On July 9, 2020, Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order mandating the wearing of face coverings in situations described here... The order went into effect at 5 p.m. on July 10, 2020.

Enforcement

State order (KY file); LFCHD is the local enforcing health department

Notes

Local health department's publication of the State mask mandate;

Retrieval note

Page still live on lfchd.org; archived capture of July 31, 2020 read for confirmation. No LFCHD or Louisville board-of-health regulation imposing a local mask mandate was found; the mandate was the State's.