{"id":"MET-BOS-130","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Worcester (Worcester County), Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"BOS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester)","authority":"G.L. c. 111, ss. 31, 122; 105 CMR 300.200 (Board of Health powers exercised by the Commissioner/Medical Director)","instrument":"Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the Workplace","title":"City of Worcester Enacts Two Emergency Orders: Mask Mandate in All Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; Order for Employers to Report Positive COVID-19 Cases (worcesterma.gov, September 3, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-09-03","effective":"2021-09-07","end":"\u0027Until further notice\u0027 (in force through Sept. 30, 2021)","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP","QUAR"],"addressees":["all public, private, parochial and charter school students, educators and support staff in Worcester","all businesses and employers in the City of Worcester"],"clause":"Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, has issued two Emergency Orders requiring the use of masks in all schools in the City of Worcester as well as a regulation requiring employers in the City of Worcester to report positive cases to the Division of Public Health. Orders are effective Tuesday, Sept. 7 and will remain in place until further notice. All public, private, parochial, and charter school students, educators and support staff in all grades in the City of Worcester are required to wear a face covering in school buildings and on school transportation... Employers across the Commonwealth were previously required to report positive COVID-19 cases under Governor Charlie Baker\u0027s Emergency Declaration. Since being lifted, that regulation was vacated. The City of Worcester will now require businesses and employers to report those cases to the Worcester Division of Public Health for the purpose of contact tracing and the enforcement of quarantine requirements.","enforcement":"Division of Public Health orders; contact tracing and enforcement of quarantine requirements","functions":["WF every Worcester employer (case reporting; quarantine enforcement)","IN private and parochial schools (masks)","TR school transportation","HR"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"http://www.worcesterma.gov/announcements/city-of-worcester-enacts-two-emergency-orders:-mask-mandate-in-all-public-private-parochial-and-charter-schools-order-for-employers-to-report-positive-covid-19-cases","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210903221045/http://www.worcesterma.gov/announcements/city-of-worcester-enacts-two-emergency-orders:-mask-mandate-in-all-public-private-parochial-and-charter-schools-order-for-employers-to-report-positive-covid-19-cases","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":134251,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BOS","url":"/library/MET-BOS-130","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BOS-130","citation":"Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, M.D., Worcester Division of Public Health (City of Worcester), Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the Workplace (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-130)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":[]}