| Ex. DUT-MA-017 | Chapter 64 of the Acts of 2020An Act to Provide Liability Protections for Health Care Workers and Facilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic | General Court; approved by Governor Charles D. Baker (emergency law) | MassachusettsState | Apr. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-016 | COVID-19 Compliance Attestation Poster (English)Compliance attestation poster that every reopening business had to complete, sign and display: 'we have taken the following steps to comply… | Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development with the Department of Labor Standards and the Department of Public Health (Reopening Massachusetts, Phase I package) | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-022 | COVID-19 Order No. 33 (May 18, 2020) (library exhibit MA-017; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Implementing a Phased Reopening of Workplaces and Imposing Workplace Safety Measures to Address COVID-19 | Governor Charles D. Baker (with DLS and DPH rules under s. 2) | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-033 | Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces (Reopening Massachusetts, May 18, 2020), with the sector-specific workplace safety standards, protocol summaries and checklists issued under Order No. 33 s. 2 (May 2020 to May 2021)Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces: social distancing, hygiene protocols, staffing and operations, cleaning and disinfecting | Department of Labor Standards and Department of Public Health (with the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development), under COVID-19 Order No. 33, s. 2 | MassachusettsState | May 18, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-003 | Press release, 'AG Healey Announces Enhanced Resources for Workers to Report Safety Concerns As State Begins Phased Reopening' (May 20, 2020)Attorney General's statement that the mandatory safety standards apply to all workplaces, that every business must adopt a written COVID-19… | Attorney General Maura Healey (Office of the Attorney General, Fair Labor Division) | MassachusettsState | May 20, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-023 | COVID-19 Order No. 37 (June 6, 2020) (library exhibit MA-019; cross-reference, not re-saved)Order Authorizing the Re-Opening of Phase II Enterprises | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | June 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-025 | COVID-19 Order No. 55 (Nov. 2, 2020) (library exhibit MA-035; cross-reference, not re-saved)Revised Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public Places | Governor Charles D. Baker | MassachusettsState | Nov. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-029 | Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Regarding Face Coverings to be Worn in Certain Settings (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-050; cross-reference, not re-saved)DPH face-covering order for health care facilities and board-licensed practice locations, congregate care, shelters, houses of correction… | Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council and the Governor | MassachusettsState | May 28, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-007 | G.L. c. 111, s. 122Regulations relative to nuisances; examinations | General Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health) | MassachusettsState | Sept. 28, 2026 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-008 | G.L. c. 111, s. 127AState sanitary code; adoption; enforcement; jurisdiction | General Court (codified statute; State Sanitary Code adopted by the Department of Public Health and enforced by boards of health) | MassachusettsState | Sept. 28, 2026 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-MA-019 | 105 CMR 590.014(A)Permits: Suspension and Revocation; Summary Suspension of Permit/Emergency Closure without a Prior Hearing | Department of Public Health (State Sanitary Code, Chapter X; enforced by local boards of health) | MassachusettsState | Sept. 28, 2026 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition | Primary source read | |