Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings

The record

Jurisdiction

Pennsylvania

Level

State

Authority

35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 536; 28 Pa. Code §§ 27.60-27.68

Issued

2020-07-01 July 1, 2020

Effective

2020-07-01 (immediately, 'until further notice') (read as 2020-07-01)

End

Rescinded and superseded Nov. 18, 2020 by the Updated Order (PA-020) (read as 2020-11-18)

In force

July 1, 2020 to Nov. 18, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q4

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all individuals
• businesses

Functions reached

• SF customers and staff masked
• EMP workplace masking
• WF transit masking
• CB

Collection

Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

Section 2: Face Coverings Required. Except as provided in Section 3, individuals are required to wear face coverings if they are: A. outdoors and unable to consistently maintain a distance of six feet from individuals who are not members of their household; B. in any indoor location where members of the public are generally permitted; C. waiting for, riding on, driving, or operating public transportation or paratransit or while in a taxi, private car service or ride-sharing vehicle; D. obtaining services from the healthcare sector in settings including, but not limited to, a hospital, pharmacy, medical clinic, laboratory, physician or dental office, veterinary clinic, or blood bank; or E. engaged in work, whether at the workplace or performing work off-site, when interacting in-person with any member of the public, working in any space visited by members of the public,... or in any room or enclosed area where other people, except for members of the person's own household or residence, are present when unable to physically distance. (OCR-derived; scanned original; checked against the Nov. 17, 2020 Updated Order's recital)

Enforcement

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