{"id":"RI-071","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island Department of Health","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 23-1-1, 23-1-17; Executive Order 20-50 and its predecessors and successors; extension under Executive Order 21-70 (60 days)","instrument":"216-RICR-50-15-7 (emergency amendment effective June 18, 2021)","title":"Safe Activities By Covered Entities During the COVID-19 Emergency (final version)","dateIssued":"2021-06-18","effective":"2021-06-18","end":"2021-08-31 (the Secretary of State\u0027s filing: \u0027had an ineffective date of 7/02/2021... The extension was granted in accordance with Executive Order 21-70 which permits extensions for sixty (60) days. As a result,... the regulation will now become ineffective on 8/31/2021.\u0027)","startDate":"2021-06-18","endDate":"2021-08-31","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","MASK","VAX","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all covered entities","dining establishments","recreation, entertainment and assembly venues","in-home service providers","indoor sporting facilities","smoking bars"],"clause":"7.3(B). All individuals in public or in an establishment shall wear a cloth face covering.... (D)(3). Cloth face coverings are not required for any fully vaccinated persons [with exceptions for transit and other settings]... 7.4.1(A)(1). Each covered entity... shall ensure that notice is provided at all entrances to an establishment, that all individuals entering must be screened or self-screened, and to not enter if they are COVID-19 positive, have COVID-19 symptoms, or have had close contact in the last fourteen (14) days with an individual who at the time had COVID-19 and are not exempt from quarantine pursuant to Executive Order 21-26, or any successor thereof.... a. If an individual is identified as exhibiting multiple symptoms of COVID-19 or COVID-19 positive, the covered entity shall deny access to that individual... 2. Each covered entity shall ensure that notice is provided at all entrances to an establishment that instructs individuals entering into its establishment to wear cloth face coverings except when § 7.3(D) of this Part applies. a. If any employee refuses to wear a cloth face covering when required by these regulations... a covered entity shall deny access to the establishment.... 4. The use of hookahs or waterpipes at any establishment is prohibited indoors unless the establishment limits indoor access to fully vaccinated individuals, as verified by the establishment via proof of vaccination.... 7.6(C)(1). The Department may assess civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) [per violation].","enforcement":"§ 7.5 closure by immediate compliance order (§ 23-1-21); § 7.6 inspections and civil penalties up to $500 per violation","functions":["EMP mask duty for unvaccinated staff and customers; entrance screening notice; denial of access; signage","DR","PE/MC performers and venues","RP in-home services","SP indoor sports","VAX vaccination-proof condition for hookah service"],"notes":"A force-of-law business regulation in effect July 1 - August 31, 2021, after the Governor\u0027s general orders were terminated on July 6, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://risos-apa-production-public.s3.amazonaws.com/DOH/REG_11383_20210621083534.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":350268,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-071","citation":"Rhode Island Department of Health, 216-RICR-50-15-7 (emergency amendment effective June 18, 2021) (Ex. RI-071)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["DUT-RI-001","DUT-RI-012","DUT-RI-014","DUT-RI-020","RI-025","RI-072"]}