The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.06.220(1)(h); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW
- Issued
- 2020-07-07 July 7, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-07 (immediately) (read as 2020-07-07)
- End
- 2020-08-06 11:59 p.m. unless extended; superseded by 20-25.7 (July 24, 2020) (read as 2020-08-06)
- In force
- July 7, 2020 to Aug. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses
- employers
- employees
- customers
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
No employer may operate, allow a customer to enter a business, conduct business, or employ employees unless the employer (a) cooperates with public health authorities in the investigation of cases...; (b) cooperates with the implementation of infection control measures, including but not limited to isolation and quarantine...; (c) complies with all public health authority orders and directives; and (d) complies with all Department of Labor & Industries interpretive guidance, regulations, and rules... No business may operate, allow a customer to enter a business, or conduct business with a customer inside any building that is open to the public or outdoors in a public place unless the customer is wearing a face covering, as required by Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03. No employer may operate, unless it notifies the employer's local health jurisdiction within 24 hours if the employer suspects COVID-19 is spreading in the employer's workplace...
Enforcement
RCW 43.06.220(5); L&I enforcement under WAC 296-800-14035
Notes
The 'no mask, no service' business condition; also 'Employers must comply with all conditions for operation required by the state Department of Labor & Industries, including... WAC 296-800-14035'.
Retrieval noteCited, not re-saved. The same 'No employer may operate... unless' clause was carried into 20-25.7 through 20-25.13.