{"id":"NC-029","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Roy Cooper","authority":"N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(c), 166A-19.31(b)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 215","title":"Lifting Certain COVID-19 Restrictions and Continuing Face Covering Requirements in Certain Settings","dateIssued":"2021-05-14","effective":"2021-05-14 13:30","end":"2021-06-11 17:00 by its terms; re-issued by EO 220 through 2021-07-30 17:00","startDate":"2021-05-14","endDate":"2021-06-11","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","SCH","HC","EMP","TRAV"],"addressees":["public and non-public schools","child care facilities","day and overnight camps","health care settings including hospitals, outpatient settings, LTC facilities, SNFs and ICF/IIDs","public and private transportation, airports, bus and train stations","correctional and detention facilities","homeless service providers"],"clause":"In public school units... and non-public schools... the StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12) (\u0027Toolkit\u0027) sets any Face Covering requirements. As of the date of this Executive Order, the Toolkit currently requires Face Coverings indoors... Otherwise, the Face Covering requirements in Executive Order No. 209 are rescinded... Operators of child care facilities must follow all applicable NCDHHS guidelines... All residents, workers, and visitors in health care settings... must follow the requirements in the CDC Healthcare Infection and Prevention Control Recommendations in Response to COVID-19 Vaccination... All workers and riders on public or private transportation regulated by the State of North Carolina, as well as all people in North Carolina airports, bus and train stations or stops, must wear Face Coverings indoors at all times... All persons indoors on-premises at state and local correctional and detention facilities must wear Face Coverings at all times","enforcement":"Sec. 10: Class 2 misdemeanor under 166A-19.30(d) and 14-288.20A; \u0027Local governments are specifically authorized and encouraged to adopt [ordinances with civil penalties]\u0027","functions":["IN in-person instruction (masks)","EC child care","IC infection control in health care","TR transportation","WF workforce commuting by transit"],"notes":"Lifted mass gathering limits, capacity restrictions and the general face covering mandate. Sec. 5.3: local governments may impose greater restrictions; local orders may not restrict State or federal operations; sec. 3.6: private businesses may require face coverings.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.nc.gov/documents/files/eo215-lifting-covid-19-restrictions/open","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1198787,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NC","url":"/library/NC-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NC-029","citation":"Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 215 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. NC-029)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["DUT-NC-003","NC-065","NC-028","NC-030","NC-038","NC-027","NC-031","NC-026"]}