{"id":"SEC-16-072","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Department of Health (with Empire State Development)","authority":"EO 202.38, 202.42 and successors; 10 NYCRR","instrument":"Interim Guidance for Religious and Funeral Services During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","title":"Interim Guidance for Religious and Funeral Services (mandatory \u0027must\u0027 standards; version archived Apr. 26, 2021)","dateIssued":"2020-06-06","effective":"2020-06-06 (as revised through 2021)","end":"2021-06-15 (industry guidance lifted)","startDate":"2020-06-06","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CAP","GATH","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["Responsible Parties for religious and funeral services"],"clause":"Responsible Parties must ensure that for any religious or funeral service, the congregant/attendee capacity is limited to no more than 50% of the maximum occupancy for a particular area as set by the certification of occupancy for services occurring indoors.... Responsible Parties must ensure that total outdoor capacity for religious or funeral service is limited such that a distance of at least six feet can be maintained... any time employees, volunteers, and/or attendees must come within six feet of another person, (or twelve feet, if singing) acceptable face coverings must be worn.","enforcement":"EO 202 series; Public Health Law 12 (civil penalties)","functions":["WS capacity, distancing, singing and mask conditions","FC funerals","VL volunteers","HR staff"],"notes":"The June 2020 version set 25% (Phase 2) and 33% (Phase 4); the archived version carries the 2021 50% figure. Every \u0027must\u0027 standard was mandatory under the Governor\u0027s orders.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ReligiousandFuneralServicesMasterGuidance.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210426203929/https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/ReligiousandFuneralServicesMasterGuidance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":280795,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-072","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-072","citation":"New York State Department of Health (with Empire State Development), Interim Guidance for Religious and Funeral Services During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (June 6, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-072)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}