{"id":"UT-045","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Utah","state":"UT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Utah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Rep. Val L. Peterson); signed by Governor Spencer J. Cox","authority":"Statute amending Utah Code 53B-2-113, 53B-3-103, 53G-9-210","instrument":"H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements, 2021 First Special Session","title":"Face Covering Requirements","dateIssued":"2021-05-28","effective":"2021-05-28","end":"Continuing law","startDate":"2021-05-28","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","VAX","OTHER"],"addressees":["institutions of higher education","Utah Board of Higher Education","State Board of Education, LEAs and schools"],"clause":"53B-2-113(3)(b) An institution of higher education described in Section 53B-2-101 may not require an individual to wear a face covering to attend or participate in in-person instruction, institution-sponsored athletics, institution-sponsored extracurricular activities, in dormitories, or in any other place on a campus of an institution within the system of higher education at any time after the end of the spring semester in 2021.... (5) Nothing in this section restricts a state or local health department from acting under applicable law to contain the spread of an infectious disease.... (1) An institution of higher education... may not require proof of vaccination as a condition for enrollment or attendance unless the institution allows for the following exemptions: (a) a medical exemption...; and (b) a personal exemption...","enforcement":"Statutory prohibition; the local-health-department path (26-6-33(4)(c); SB 195 order-of-constraint regime) preserved","functions":["IN in-person instruction (schools barred from imposing masks)","CP campus housing","AC athletics","framework for the Aug.-Sept. 2021 county school mask orders"],"notes":"The Legislature\u0027s Sept. 15, 2021 Return to School Update confirms: \u0027local health departments are allowed to mandate face coverings in public schools with approval from the county legislative body\u0027; the U.S. Department of Education OCR opened an investigation Aug. 31, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://le.utah.gov/~2021S1/bills/hbillenr/HB1007.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":79873,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"UT","url":"/library/UT-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/UT-045","citation":"Utah Legislature (Chief Sponsor Rep. Val L. Peterson); signed by Governor Spencer J. Cox, H.B. 1007, Face Covering Requirements, 2021 First Special Session (May 28, 2021) (Ex. UT-045)","stateName":"Utah","related":[]}