{"id":"MET-DCM-033","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Prince George\u0027s County, Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"DCM","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks","authority":"Md. Code Pub. Safety § 14-111; Prince George\u0027s County Code § 6-134 et seq. (declaration of a Local State of Emergency)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 7-2020","title":"Continued Declaration of a Local State of Emergency for Prince George\u0027s County, Maryland (face coverings in grocery, pharmacy, large chain retail and on TheBus)","dateIssued":"2020-04-13","effective":"2020-04-15 (face-covering and distancing orders); continued emergency from Apr. 13, 2020","end":"30 days from Apr. 13, 2020 unless extended (extended by CR-31-2020, May 11, 2020, and EO 8-2020, May 14, 2020); the face-covering rules were carried forward and broadened by the Health Officer\u0027s Aug. 4, 2020 order and CR-64-2020","startDate":"2020-04-15","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["EMER","MASK","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["patrons of grocery stores, pharmacies and large chain retail establishments","riders of TheBus","grocery stores, pharmacies and large chain retail establishments"],"clause":"IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, on this 13th day of April, 2020, that I, Angela D. Alsobrooks, County Executive for Prince George\u0027s County, Maryland, hereby proclaim that a Local State of Emergency continues to exist in Prince George\u0027s County, Maryland.... Effective April 15, 2020: 1. All patrons shopping in County grocery stores, pharmacies and large chain retail establishments are required to wear masks or face coverings to enter. 2. All individuals who ride \u0027The Bus\u0027, Prince George\u0027s County\u0027s bus transit system, are required to wear masks or face coverings onboard. 3. Grocery stores, pharmacies and large chain retail establishments are required to promote social distancing inside and even outside of these establishments while customers wait to enter the premises.... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all mandates in Executive Order Number 6-2020 remain in full force and effect until further notice.","enforcement":"Md. Code Pub. Safety § 14-114 (violation of emergency orders); county emergency powers","functions":["SF sales floor entry conditioned on masks","CB customers","WF transit-dependent workforce","EMP distancing duties on retailers"],"notes":"Recites \u0027currently over 2100 cases,... the highest number of COVID-19 positive cases in the State of Maryland\u0027 and county unemployment \u0027at approximately fifteen percent.\u0027 Preceded the State\u0027s retail and transit mask order (Order 20-04-15-01, effective Apr. 18, 2020) by three days.","sourceUrl":"https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/29842/Face-Mask-or-Coverings-Required-for-The-Bus-passengers--effective-4-15-20","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200429182638/https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/29842/Face-Mask-or-Coverings-Required-for-The-Bus-passengers--effective-4-15-20","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":372215,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DCM","url":"/library/MET-DCM-033","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DCM-033","citation":"County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, Executive Order No. 7-2020 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-DCM-033)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MET-DCM-034","MET-DCM-030","MET-DCM-035","MET-DCM-036"]}