{"id":"PA-020","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.","authority":"35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. §§ 532(a), 536; 28 Pa. Code §§ 27.60-27.68","instrument":"Updated Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings (Nov. 17, 2020), sec. 4(A) (Business and School Entity Obligations)","title":"Updated Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings","dateIssued":"2020-11-17","effective":"2020-11-18","end":"Amended Mar. 17, 2021 (fully vaccinated persons; PA-114) and May 2021 (sunset at 70 percent adult vaccination or June 28, 2021; PA-115); terminated 12:01 a.m. June 28, 2021 (PA-100)","startDate":"2020-11-18","endDate":"2021-03-17","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","EMP","SCH"],"addressees":["every individual age two and older","every business","every school entity"],"clause":"Section 2: Face Coverings Required. Except as provided in Section 3, every individual, age two and older, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania shall wear a face covering when: A. Indoors or in an enclosed space, where another person or persons who are not members of the individual\u0027s household are present in the same space, irrespective of physical distance. B. Outdoors with others who are not members of a person\u0027s household and unable to maintain sustained physical distance.... E. Waiting in a public area for, riding on, driving or operating public transportation or paratransit or while in a taxi, private car service or ride-sharing vehicle, irrespective of physical distance. F. Obtaining services for themselves or another person or a pet from the health care sector... Section 4. Business and School Entity Obligations. A. A business or a school entity must: 1. Require that all people, including their employees, customers, teachers, students and visitors, wear a face covering and take reasonable steps to enforce the requirement. 2. Mitigate or eliminate employee, teacher, student, visitor, and customer exposure to people who cannot wear or refuse to wear a face covering. 3. Post prominent signs... 4. Provide reasonable accommodations... Section 5.... My Order Requiring Universal Face Coverings, dated July 1, 2020, is hereby rescinded and superseded by this Order.","enforcement":"Disease Prevention and Control Law; the Governor\u0027s Nov. 23, 2020 order § 14 (PA-023) conferred civil immunity on businesses and employees enforcing it; the May 13, 2021 amendments (PA-035, PA-036) kept it in force after May 31, 2021","functions":["SF","EMP","WF transit","SCH schools","CB"],"notes":"The last general statewide instrument to fall (June 28, 2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201117-SOH-Universal-Face-Coverings-Order-Update.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201118165423/https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201117-SOH-Universal-Face-Coverings-Order-Update.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":215066,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-020","citation":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Updated Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings (Nov. 17, 2020), sec. 4(A) (Business and School Entity Obligations) (Ex. PA-020)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-114","PA-115","PA-100","PA-015","PA-023","PA-035","PA-036","DUT-PA-001","DUT-PA-005","DUT-PA-006","DUT-PA-015","SEC-18-GM-026"]}