{"id":"VT-086","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release); ACCD Vermont Forward Step 3","authority":"Amended and Restated EO 01-20 §§ 7(f), 9, 11; Addendum 16 (VT-043)","instrument":"Governor\u0027s release, Governor Phil Scott Lifts Mask Mandate for Vaccinated Individuals, Accelerates Vermont Forward Plan (Step 3)","title":"Step 3 effective May 14, 2021: travel testing requirement removed; indoor events one unvaccinated person per 50 square feet up to 300 plus vaccinated persons; 900 outdoors; masks remain for the unvaccinated","dateIssued":"2021-05-14","effective":"2021-05-14","end":"Step 4 June 14, 2021 (VT-078, VT-098)","startDate":"2021-05-14","endDate":"2021-06-14","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","CAP","GATH","TRAV"],"addressees":["businesses, event venues, municipalities","unvaccinated and vaccinated persons"],"clause":"Following CDC guidance, masking and physical distancing for fully vaccinated Vermonters - except in limited circumstances like in schools, on public transportation, healthcare settings, long term care facilities, prisons etc. - is no longer required. The mandate remains in place for those who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, including children who are not yet eligible for a vaccine... Step 3 of the Vermont Forward plan removes the testing requirement for travel and increases event and gathering capacity restrictions. The new gathering sizes will allow for one unvaccinated person per 50 square feet, up to 300, plus any number of vaccinated people for indoor events; and 900 people, plus any number of vaccinated people, outdoors.","enforcement":"ACCD guidance under VT-025 § 9(b); VT-043","functions":["EVT/MK events and venues","GATH","TV travel","MASK","DR/BA (10:00 p.m. rule lifted with Step 3 per the release\u0027s description of ACCD updates)"],"notes":"Recites that Step 3 was reached \u0027more than two weeks ahead of the anticipated schedule\u0027 (June 1 target).","sourceUrl":"https://governor.vermont.gov/press-release/governor-phil-scott-lifts-mask-mandate-vaccinated-individuals-accelerates-vermont","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210517175258/https://governor.vermont.gov/press-release/governor-phil-scott-lifts-mask-mandate-vaccinated-individuals-accelerates-vermont","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":91154,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"VT","url":"/library/VT-086","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/VT-086","citation":"Office of Governor Phil Scott (official release); ACCD Vermont Forward Step 3, Governor\u0027s release, Governor Phil Scott Lifts Mask Mandate for Vaccinated Individuals, Accelerates Vermont Forward Plan (Step 3) (May 14, 2021) (Ex. VT-086)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-078","VT-098","VT-042","VT-080","VT-081","VT-025","VT-043"]}