{"id":"ECO-B-087","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"B","issuer":"Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of Health","authority":"Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, 35 P.S. 521.5; Administrative Code sec. 2102(a), 71 P.S. 532(a); 28 Pa. Code 27.60","instrument":"Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities","title":"Order Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (public and private schools, career and technical schools, charter and cyber schools, intermediate units, PA Pre-K Counts, Head Start, and licensed child care providers)","dateIssued":"2021-08-31","effective":"12:01 a.m. September 7, 2021","end":"December 10, 2021 (Pennsylvania Supreme Court held the order void, Corman v. Beam; Ex. ECO-B-107 \u0027Suspended by court action\u0027)","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2021-12-10","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["School Entities including \u0027(8) A child care provider licensed by the Department of Human Services\u0027","teachers, children/students, staff and visitors"],"clause":"\u0027Accordingly, on this day, August 31, 2021, in order to prevent and control the spread of disease, I hereby order:... Section 2.... Each teacher, child/student, staff, or visitor working, attending, or visiting a School Entity shall wear a face covering indoors, regardless of vaccination status, except as set forth in Section 3.\u0027 \u0027Section 6. Effective Date and Duration. This Order shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on September 7, 2021, and shall remain in effect until otherwise terminated.\u0027 Recital: \u0027there have been 1,300,368 cases and 28,235 deaths in this Commonwealth.\u0027","enforcement":"35 P.S. 521.20 (summary offense; fines)","functions":["WF (school and child-care staff; parents)","SCH"],"notes":"Reached licensed child care providers statewide in Q3 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/Order%20of%20the%20Acting%20Secretary%20Directing%20Face%20Coverings%20in%20Schools.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210902043927/https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/Order%20of%20the%20Acting%20Secretary%20Directing%20Face%20Coverings%20in%20Schools.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":587194,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-B","url":"/library/ECO-B-087","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-B-087","citation":"Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-087)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["ECO-B-107","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015"]}