{"id":"IA-065","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Linn County, Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Linn County Board of Health (regulation approved November 16, 2020) and Board of Supervisors (Resolution 2020-11-, November 18, 2020)","authority":"Iowa Code § 137.104(1)(b)(2)","instrument":"Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020 (Resolution approving)","title":"Regulation requiring face coverings in all public places in Linn County when six feet of distance cannot be maintained","dateIssued":"2020-11-18","effective":"2020-11-19","end":"Upon the later expiration of the Governor\u0027s November 10, 2020 proclamation or Linn County\u0027s public health disaster declaration (tracker); still in effect February 8, 2021 per the County\u0027s notice (IA-065 companion alert); preempted as to property owners by HF 847 May 20, 2021","startDate":"2020-11-19","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["every person in Linn County (Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha)"],"clause":"\u0027WHEREAS, on November 10, 2020, Governor Reynolds issued a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency in which she prohibited certain indoor gatherings of 25 or more people or outdoor gatherings of 100 or more people unless all participants in the gathering who are two or older wear masks... WHEREAS on November 16, 2020, the Linn County Board of Health approved a Face Covering Regulation and submitted it for approval to the Linn County Board of Supervisors pursuant to Iowa Code Section 137.104(1)(b)(2). BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that in response to the ongoing public health emergency the Linn County Board of Supervisors approves the Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020... Section I. Authority and Applicability. 1.01 Iowa Code 137.104 provides that, \u0022a local board of health shall... make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with law and the rules of the state board as may be necessary for the protection and improvement of the public health.\u0022\u0027 [Operative rule: face coverings required in all public places, indoor and outdoor, when six feet cannot be maintained; exemptions for children under two, persons with breathing difficulty, incapacitated persons and persons with written medical, legal or behavioral-health exemptions.]","enforcement":"Board of Health regulation under Iowa Code ch. 137 (penalty provisions in the regulation\u0027s later sections not transcribed)","functions":["CB customers masked countywide","SF/DR/SL premises"],"notes":"Adopted the day after the Governor\u0027s statewide mask requirement took effect; the County kept it in force after the State requirement ended February 7, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.linncounty-ia.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15085/Linn-County-Face-Covering-Regulation-Nov-2020","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210303022851/https://www.linncounty-ia.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15085/Linn-County-Face-Covering-Regulation-Nov-2020","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":227949,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-065","citation":"Linn County Board of Health (regulation approved November 16, 2020) and Board of Supervisors (Resolution 2020-11-, November 18, 2020), Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020 (Resolution approving) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. IA-065)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["DUT-IA-008","IA-029"]}