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Ex. SEC-15-067 Order Primary source read

Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 Del. Admin. Code 4202 (Control of Communicable and Other Disease Conditions), adding section 7.7 (COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention; 7.7.1 Schools) and section 12 (severability)

Emergency Order: 16 Del. Admin. Code 4202, section 7.7 (universal indoor masking in K-12 schools)

Secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (Molly Magarik), with the Division of Public Health · Delaware (Sector regulator)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
16 Del. C. 122(3)(c) and 122(3)(d); 29 Del. C. 10119 (emergency regulations); the Governor's Public Health Emergency declaration of July 12, 2021 as renewed
Issued
2021-08-13 Aug. 13, 2021
Effective
2021-08-16 for 120 days (renewable once for 60 days) (read as 2021-08-16)
End
Renewed Dec. 2021; school mask requirement ended March 1, 2022 (read as 2022-03-01)
In force
Aug. 16, 2021 to Mar. 1, 2022
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all schools that serve students kindergarten through twelfth grade (public and private)
Functions reached
  • IN
  • CP
  • TR
  • AC
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

7.7.1 Schools. 7.7.1.1. All schools that serve students kindergarten through twelfth grade shall require mask use by all students, faculty, staff, and visitors inside school buildings, regardless of vaccination status.... 7.7.1.4 For schools with student housing, masks are not required inside an individual student's residence hall room.

Enforcement

16 Del. C. 107 (penalties for violation of Board/Department rules); licensure

Notes

Repealed and replaced the Aug. 12, 2021 order; published 25 Del. Reg. 246 and 248 (Sept. 1, 2021); companion Department of Education (Office of Child Care Licensing) emergency orders of the same date required masks in child care centers, family child care homes and youth camps (SEC-15-068).