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Updated Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings (Nov. 17, 2020), sec. 4(A) (Business and School Entity Obligations)

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

Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D. · Pennsylvania (State)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 536; 28 Pa. Code §§ 27.60-27.68
Issued
2020-11-17 Nov. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-11-18
End
Amended Mar. 17, 2021 (fully vaccinated persons; PA-114) and May 2021 (sunset at 70 percent adult vaccination or June 28, 2021; PA-115); terminated 12:01 a.m. June 28, 2021 (PA-100) (read as 2021-03-17)
In force
Nov. 18, 2020 to Mar. 17, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every individual age two and older
  • every business
  • every school entity
Functions reached
  • SF
  • EMP
  • WF transit
  • SCH schools
  • CB
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

Section 2: Face Coverings Required. Except as provided in Section 3, every individual, age two and older, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall wear a face covering when: A. Indoors or in an enclosed space, where another person or persons who are not members of the individual's household are present in the same space, irrespective of physical distance. B. Outdoors with others who are not members of a person's household and unable to maintain sustained physical distance.... E. Waiting in a public area for, riding on, driving or operating public transportation or paratransit or while in a taxi, private car service or ride-sharing vehicle, irrespective of physical distance. F. Obtaining services for themselves or another person or a pet from the health care sector... Section 4. Business and School Entity Obligations. A. A business or a school entity must: 1. Require that all people, including their employees, customers, teachers, students and visitors, wear a face covering and take reasonable steps to enforce the requirement. 2. Mitigate or eliminate employee, teacher, student, visitor, and customer exposure to people who cannot wear or refuse to wear a face covering. 3. Post prominent signs... 4. Provide reasonable accommodations... Section 5.... My Order Requiring Universal Face Coverings, dated July 1, 2020, is hereby rescinded and superseded by this Order.

Enforcement

Disease Prevention and Control Law; the Governor's Nov. 23, 2020 order § 14 (PA-023) conferred civil immunity on businesses and employees enforcing it; the May 13, 2021 amendments (PA-035, PA-036) kept it in force after May 31, 2021

Notes

The last general statewide instrument to fall (June 28, 2021).

Retrieval note

Text read. Also archived at health.pa.gov (capture 2020-11-20).