The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Rhode Island
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-1-1, 23-1-17; Executive Order 20-50 and its predecessors and successors; extension under Executive Order 21-70 (60 days)
- Issued
- 2021-06-18 June 18, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-18
- End
- 2021-08-31 (the Secretary of State's filing: 'had an ineffective date of 7/02/2021... The extension was granted in accordance with Executive Order 21-70 which permits extensions for sixty (60) days. As a result,... the regulation will now become ineffective on 8/31/2021.') (read as 2021-08-31)
- In force
- June 18, 2021 to Aug. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all covered entities
- dining establishments
- recreation, entertainment and assembly venues
- in-home service providers
- indoor sporting facilities
- smoking bars
- Functions reached
- EMP mask duty for unvaccinated staff and customers; entrance screening notice; denial of access; signage
- DR
- PE/MC performers and venues
- RP in-home services
- SP indoor sports
- VAX vaccination-proof condition for hookah service
- Collection
- Rhode Island RI
Operative words
7.3(B). All individuals in public or in an establishment shall wear a cloth face covering.... (D)(3). Cloth face coverings are not required for any fully vaccinated persons [with exceptions for transit and other settings]... 7.4.1(A)(1). Each covered entity... shall ensure that notice is provided at all entrances to an establishment, that all individuals entering must be screened or self-screened, and to not enter if they are COVID-19 positive, have COVID-19 symptoms, or have had close contact in the last fourteen (14) days with an individual who at the time had COVID-19 and are not exempt from quarantine pursuant to Executive Order 21-26, or any successor thereof.... a. If an individual is identified as exhibiting multiple symptoms of COVID-19 or COVID-19 positive, the covered entity shall deny access to that individual... 2. Each covered entity shall ensure that notice is provided at all entrances to an establishment that instructs individuals entering into its establishment to wear cloth face coverings except when § 7.3(D) of this Part applies. a. If any employee refuses to wear a cloth face covering when required by these regulations... a covered entity shall deny access to the establishment.... 4. The use of hookahs or waterpipes at any establishment is prohibited indoors unless the establishment limits indoor access to fully vaccinated individuals, as verified by the establishment via proof of vaccination.... 7.6(C)(1). The Department may assess civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) [per violation].
Enforcement
§ 7.5 closure by immediate compliance order (§ 23-1-21); § 7.6 inspections and civil penalties up to $500 per violation
Notes
A force-of-law business regulation in effect July 1 - August 31, 2021, after the Governor's general orders were terminated on July 6, 2021.
Retrieval noteThe ineffective date of Aug. 31, 2021 is taken from the Secretary of State's own filing note on the regulation page; the June 18, 2021 filing PDF is the exhibit.