The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- King County, Washington · Seattle · Washington
- Level
- County
- Authority
- RCW 70.05.070(2)-(3); WAC 246-100-036
- Issued
- 2021-05-20 May 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-20 ('EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY'); updated May 27, 2021 per the Public Health release (read as 2021-05-20)
- End
- Lifted when Public Health confirmed 70 percent of residents 16 and older fully vaccinated (announced June 15, 2021; MET-SEA-034) (read as 2021-06-15)
- In force
- May 20, 2021 to June 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- everyone 5 and older in King County
- indoor spaces open to the public: retail, grocery stores, government buildings, other businesses
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor
- CB customers
- EMP public-facing staff
- Collection
- Seattle MET-SEA
Operative words
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, as Local Health Officer I hereby DIRECT as follows: INDOOR MASKING DIRECTIVE. Everyone 5-years of age and older in King County should continue to wear a face covering within indoor public spaces, unless a state-approved method is used to assure that all people allowed inside have been fully vaccinated. Everyone in correctional facilities, homeless shelters, schools, public transportation, and certain health care settings... must also wear a well-fitted mask... This DIRECTIVE applies to indoor spaces that are open to the public, including retail, grocery stores, government buildings, and other businesses and places where members of the public can enter freely; it does not apply to indoor non-public spaces, including businesses, offices, and other places of employment with limited access.
Enforcement
Directive ('should'), not an order; recites that 'it is necessary to update the Local Health Officer's previous Directive on masking that went into effect on May 18, 2020'
Notes
Issued after SOH Order 20-03.2 (May 15, 2021) exempted vaccinated persons statewide; King County kept universal indoor masking as the local standard for another month. Confirms by recital the existence and effective date (May 18, 2020) of the 2020 Directive.