The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- North Carolina
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.10, 166A-19.30(a)(1), (b), (c); 166A-19.31(b)
- Issued
- 2021-07-29 July 29, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-07-29 17:00; sec. 4.2 from 2021-08-02; sec. 4.1 from 2021-09-01 (read as 2021-07-29)
- End
- 2021-08-31 17:00 by its terms; extended by EO 229 (Aug. 31, 2021, 90 days), EO 238 (to Jan. 5, 2022) and EO 253 (Mar. 1, 2022) (read as 2021-08-31)
- In force
- July 29, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- Cabinet agencies and their workers
- Office of State Human Resources
- NCDHHS and pharmacists (standing orders)
- private businesses, organizations and schools (recommendations)
- counties and cities
- Functions reached
- WF workforce (vaccination status; testing; masks)
- HR screening and onboarding
- OF State offices
- HC testing and vaccination standing orders
- IN schools (universal masking recommended)
- Collection
- North Carolina NC
Operative words
4.1. Vaccination or Testing Required for Unvaccinated Workers at Cabinet Agencies... The OSHR policy shall be effective September 1, 2021... a. All workers must either: 1. Provide proof that they are Fully Vaccinated; or 2. Be tested at least once a week for COVID-19... 4.2. Face Covering Requirements at Cabinet Agencies. Effective Monday, August 2, 2021: a. If they are not Fully Vaccinated, workers must wear Face Coverings in any indoor space, within a state government office, building, or facility, that is... controlled by an agency that is either part of the Governor's Office or is headed by a member of the Governor's Cabinet... 2.4(a)... nothing herein... is intended to limit or prohibit counties and cities in North Carolina from enacting ordinances and issuing state of emergency declarations which impose greater restrictions or prohibitions
Enforcement
Sec. 8: enforced by State and local law enforcement under 166A-19.30(a)(2); 'A violation of this Executive Order may be subject to prosecution pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. [166A-19.30(d)]... Class 2 misdemeanor'
Notes
Secs. 2.1-2.2 statewide standing orders for COVID-19 testing and vaccination; sec. 3 recommends that private businesses and schools follow NCDHHS guidance and that all K-12 schools require face coverings regardless of vaccination status; sec. 4 binds Cabinet agencies only and 'strongly encourage[s]' all other State and local agencies to adopt similar policies.
Retrieval noteThe bundled row's description of EO 224 as ending the emergency is wrong.