The COVID Project
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- Jurisdiction
- King County, Washington · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RCW 70.05.070(2)-(3); WAC 246-100-036
- Issued
- 2021-09-02 Sept. 2, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-07
- End
- Not rescinded within the period; superseded in 2022 by the State's Feb.-Mar. 2022 mask rescissions (post-period; not verified) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 7, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons 5 and older in King County
- organizers of outdoor events of 500 or more
- all indoor spaces open to the public: gyms, exercise facilities, auditoriums, stadiums, retail, grocery stores, government buildings, other businesses
- correctional facilities, shelters, schools, public transportation, health care settings
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor and every indoor public space
- FC gyms and fitness
- PE/SP performances and sports (outdoor 500+)
- GATH events
- EMP workplace rules for public-facing staff
- CB customers
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 7, 2021, as Local Health Officer I hereby ORDER as follows: OUTDOOR MASKING ORDER. Masks are required at any outdoor event with 500 or more people in attendance. This requirement applies to all people, both vaccinated and unvaccinated, 5-years of age and older.... INDOOR MASKING ORDER. Everyone 5-years of age and older in King County must wear a face covering within indoor public spaces. This INDOOR MASKING ORDER applies to all indoor spaces that are open to the public, including gyms, exercise facilities, auditoriums, stadiums, retail, grocery stores, government buildings, and other businesses and places where members of the public can enter freely, and applies to all persons in these facilities, including those practicing or playing recreational sports.
Enforcement
Order of the Local Health Officer under RCW 70.05.070 and WAC 246-100-036; the officer 'urge[s] all businesses that are open to the public... to implement policies and practices to ensure that their customers and employees wear face masks'
Notes
Excludes 'Indoor, non-public spaces, including businesses, offices, and other places of employment with limited access', persons eating or drinking, gymnastics, children under five. Issued six days before the State's outdoor order (SOH 20-03.5, Sept. 13, 2021) and while SOH 20-03.4 (Aug. 23, 2021) already required indoor masks statewide; the County order added the 500-person outdoor rule and an independent county-law indoor mandate.
Retrieval noteSigned 'this 2nd day of September 2021'.