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Ex. MI-084 Order Primary source read

Ottawa County Health Department Order: COVID-19 Prevention through the Wearing of Face Masks in Educational Settings

Order requiring face masks for pre-kindergarten through grade six and for all persons serving them, in educational settings

Ottawa County Department of Public Health (Administrative Health Officer) · Ottawa County, Michigan (County)

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Jurisdiction
Ottawa County, Michigan · Michigan
Level
County
Authority
MCL 333.2451 and 333.2453; Mich. Admin. Code R 325.175(4)
Issued
2021-08-20 Aug. 20, 2021
Effective
2021-08-20 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-08-20)
End
60 days after FDA authorization of a vaccine for the pre-K-6 population, or seven consecutive days of 'Low' CDC transmission, or further notice (in force through 2021 Q3) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 20, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all educational institutions in Ottawa County
  • staff, contractors and visitors serving pre-K through grade six
Functions reached
  • IN instruction
  • WF workforce
  • EC child care
  • PL contractors serving schools
Collection
Michigan MI

Operative words

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that all Educational Institutions and all Persons in Educational Settings must adhere to the following rules: 1. The Educational Institutions shall ensure that people in pre-kindergarten through grade six consistently and properly wear a facial covering while inside any enclosed building or structure of the institution. 2. The Educational Institutions shall ensure that all persons, regardless of vaccination status, providing service to any persons in pre-kindergarten through grade six properly and consistently wear a facial covering while inside any enclosed building or structure of the institution.... THIS ORDER is effective immediately and remains in effect until 60 days past the date COVID-19 vaccine is authorized or approved by the FDA and available to persons in pre-kindergarten through grade six, or community transmission for Ottawa County is categorized as 'Low' by the CDC for at least seven consecutive days, or until further notice from the Administrative Health Officer.

Enforcement

MCL 333.2451-.2453; MCL 333.2461 (violation of a local health order a misdemeanor)

Notes

Recites the CDC conveyance order of January 29, 2021 (school buses) and states that it 'does not repeat, supersede, or rely on any current MDHHS or Federal Epidemic Orders, which are incorporated by reference herein.'

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