Executive Order No. 241

The record

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

Level

State

Authority

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.

Issued

2021-05-17 May 17, 2021

Effective

2021-05-17 ("This Order shall take effect immediately") (read as 2021-05-17)

End

Indoor mask requirement lifted by EO 242 (May 24, 2021); school and child-care mask rules continued under EO 149, 175 and 237 (read as 2021-05-24)

In force

May 17, 2021 to May 24, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all individuals
• employers and entities
• child care centers, youth summer camps and public, private and parochial schools (excluded from the outdoor relief)

Functions reached

• WS and FC indoor face coverings continued in indoor public spaces and indoor workplaces (paras. 4-5) until EO 242
• RE parochial schools, church preschools and child care kept under the mask rules of EO 149, 175 and 237 (para. 2)
• HR and OP indoor workplace masking (para. 4)

Collection

Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

1. Individuals in outdoor public spaces are not required to wear masks, regardless of their ability to maintain six feet of distance from other individuals or groups, and regardless of their vaccination status. Paragraph 1 of Executive Order No. 163 (2020) is hereby rescinded.... 2. In addition, for purposes of Paragraph 1 of this Order, "outdoor public spaces" do not include child care centers, other child care facilities, youth summer camps, and public, private, and parochial preschool program premises, and elementary and secondary schools, including charter and renaissance schools, which continue to be governed by Executive Orders No. 149 (2020), No. 175 (2020), and No. 237 (2021), and any applicable standards issued by the Commissioner of the DOH.... 4. As provided for in Executive Order No. 192 (2020), all individuals shall continue to wear face coverings in indoor workplaces, subject only to exceptions that have previously existed, such as when employees are at distanced workstations or in their own offices. 5. As provided for in Executive Order No. 192 (2020), Executive Order No. 240 (2021), and any other Executive Order or agency order or directive that outlines protocols for indoor public spaces, all individuals shall continue to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces, including but not limited to retail, recreational, and entertainment businesses, food or beverage establishments, and casinos, subject only to exceptions that have previously existed, such as when individuals are eating or drinking. 6. Individuals at gatherings in indoor private spaces that number fewer than 50 individuals are not required to wear masks...

Enforcement

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