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Ex. AK-050 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Governor's July 22, 2020 directive requiring facemasks in State of Alaska facilities; DHSS Health Mandates page statement that the State does not mandate masks, group size or business operations

State-facilities mask directive (July 22, 2020) and DHSS statement of statewide status (Oct.-Nov. 2020)

Governor Mike Dunleavy (directive for State facilities); DHSS (statement on the Health Mandates page) · Alaska (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Alaska
Level
State
Authority
Executive authority over State facilities and employees
Issued
2020-07-22 July 22, 2020
Effective
2020-07-22
End
Not verified; the Feb. 14, 2021 directive kept 'all mitigation efforts for the health and safety of State employees' in effect (AK-027) (read as 2021-02-14)
In force
July 22, 2020 to Feb. 14, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all employees, contractors and visitors to State of Alaska facilities
Functions reached
  • CT State offices (vendors, contractors, public)
  • OF
  • WF
Collection
Alaska AK

Operative words

Yes. On July 22, Governor Dunleavy ordered that: 'All employees, contractors, and visitors to State of Alaska facilities must wear a facemask if social distancing of at least six feet or more between individuals cannot be maintained. This applies to entryways, hallways, stairwells, elevators, enclosed parking areas, and personal offices where a six-foot distance cannot be exercised.'... At this time the State of Alaska does not mandate the general use of masks, limit group size, or business operations, but does encourage Alaskans to do their part (DHSS Health Mandates page, captured Nov. 1, 2020).

Enforcement

Access condition for State facilities

Notes

Quoted from the archived HTML of covid19.alaska.gov/health-mandates/ (Wayback capture 20201101041418) read in this research; the tool could not render the page to PDF because the Wayback service throttled requests.

Retrieval note

The Governor's directive document itself was not located; the DHSS page quotes it.