{"id":"WA-037","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"John Wiesman, Washington State Secretary of Health (Department of Health)","authority":"RCW 43.70.130; RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036","instrument":"Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03, Statewide Face Coverings (June 24, 2020; effective June 26, 2020)","title":"Face Coverings - Statewide","dateIssued":"2020-06-24","effective":"2020-06-26","end":"Amended by 20-03.1 (July 24, 2020); successive amendments through 20-03.7 (Feb. 16, 2022); statewide indoor mask requirement ended March 12, 2022 (post-period; from 20-03.7 and Proclamation 20-25.19 recitals)","startDate":"2020-06-26","endDate":"2020-07-24","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","COND"],"addressees":["every person in Washington State","businesses open to the public","health care settings","public transportation"],"clause":"Every person in Washington State must wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth when in any indoor or outdoor public setting, including, but not limited to: Inside any building, including, but not limited to, any business, that is open to the public; In healthcare settings...; While in line waiting for or riding on public transportation...; and In outdoor public areas... when a distance of at least six feet cannot be maintained from any non-household member.... This order shall take effect on June 26, 2020, and remain in effect until rescinded or superseded.","enforcement":"Violation of a Secretary of Health order under WAC 246-100-036 / RCW 70.05.120 (misdemeanor); made a business condition by Proclamation 20-25.6 (no business may serve a customer without a face covering) with RCW 43.06.220(5) penalties","functions":["SF sales floor","CB customer base","WF workforce","GATH"],"notes":"The State\u0027s first statewide public face-covering mandate; incorporated by reference into Proclamation 20-25.5 and 20-25.6.","sourceUrl":"https://oceanshores.civicweb.net/document/58566/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":253295,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-037","citation":"John Wiesman, Washington State Secretary of Health (Department of Health), Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03, Statewide Face Coverings (June 24, 2020; effective June 26, 2020) (Ex. WA-037)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-070","WA-078","DUT-WA-001","DUT-WA-002","DUT-WA-006","SEC-20-GM-011"]}