{"id":"MET-SAT-066","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)","state":"TX","metro":"SAT","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority for Bexar County and the City of San Antonio","authority":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code 81.082","instrument":"Health Directive: universal indoor masking and quarantine in all K-12 public schools","title":"Bexar County Health Authority Health Directive Dated August 10, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-08-10","effective":"2021-08-10 (immediately); adopted countywide by NW-21 sec. IV effective 2021-08-11","end":"Replaced by the Health Advisory of October 1, 2021 (Ex. 073)","startDate":"2021-08-10","endDate":"2021-10-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["all public schools offering instruction in grades pre-kindergarten through 12; their students, staff, teachers and visitors"],"clause":"issues this Directive pursuant to the Texas Health \u0026 Safety Code 81.082 imposing requirements on all public schools (\u0027Schools\u0027) offering instruction to students in any grades from pre-kindergarten through grade 12, effective immediately: Universal indoor masking. Schools shall follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for universal indoor masking and require all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a face mask indoors... Unvaccinated individuals who are determined to be in close contact with a COVID-19 positive person shall quarantine for 14 days after their last contact... Students, staff, teachers, and visitors shall remain off campus and not attend any school-sponsored events during their quarantine period.","enforcement":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 81 control measures; GA-38 sec. 3(g) fine asserted by the State against conflicting local requirements","functions":["IN in-person instruction (masking condition)","QUAR quarantine of unvaccinated close contacts","WF workforce (parents of quarantined students; school staff)","AC events"],"notes":"The Q3 2021 school instrument for the metro; GA-38 was enforceable against it after August 26, 2021 (Exs. 071, 075).","sourceUrl":"https://covid19.sanantonio.gov/files/assets/public/v/3/health/schools/healthdirective-2021-08-10.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":149925,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-SAT","url":"/library/MET-SAT-066","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-SAT-066","citation":"C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority for Bexar County and the City of San Antonio, Health Directive: universal indoor masking and quarantine in all K-12 public schools (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-066)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}