{"id":"AR-060","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109 to -110; Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Disease (2019); EO 20-43","instrument":"ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020)","title":"Statewide face-covering requirement on every person in Arkansas","dateIssued":"2020-07-18","effective":"2020-07-20","end":"2021-03-31 (\u0027Converted to Guidance Effective April 1, 2021,\u0027 Ex. AR-070)","startDate":"2020-07-20","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["every person in Arkansas"],"clause":"The Secretary of Health requires every person in Arkansas to wear a face covering completely over the mouth and nose in all indoor environments, excluding private residences, where they are exposed to non-household members and distancing of six (6) feet or more cannot be assured and in all outdoor settings, excluding private residences, where there is exposure to non-household members, unless there exists ample space of six (6) feet or more to practice physical distancing.... This directive, effective July 20, 2020, should be read in conjunction with the previously issued directives addressing particular activities and venues.","enforcement":"Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-101 misdemeanor, $100-$500 (EO 20-43 par. 2-3: warning for first violation; no arrest)","functions":["SF","OF","PF","JS","DR","SL","WS (exempt, encouraged)","EMP","CB"],"notes":"Exemption (a) \u0027shall not supersede any decision by the Secretary of Education, public school district, or private school to require masks for children younger than 10 years of age while attending school\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/face_covering_directive.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200805000000/https://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/face_covering_directive.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":147844,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-060","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-060","citation":"Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020) (Ex. AR-060)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-070","AR-009","AR-061","AR-062","AR-059","AR-071","AR-050","AR-057","AR-072","AR-063","AR-052","AR-049"]}