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Ex. CO-048 Order Primary source read

Public Health Order 20-26 Face Coverings for Critical Businesses, § I (existing library exhibit; cross-reference)

Face Coverings for Critical Businesses

Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director, CDPHE · Colorado (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Colorado
Level
State
Authority
Executive Order D 2020 039; C.R.S. §§ 25-1.5-101, 25-1.5-102
Issued
2020-04-22 Apr. 22, 2020
Effective
2020-04-22
End
2020-05-17 11:59 p.m. (continued by successor orders and PHO 20-31, Ex. CO-049; subsumed by D 2020 138, Ex. CO-031) (read as 2020-05-17)
In force
Apr. 22, 2020 to May 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all employees of Critical Businesses
  • Critical Government Functions
  • employers
Functions reached
  • all in-person worker functions
  • SC PPE supply
Collection
Standing duties: Colorado DUT-CO

Operative words

I. Face Coverings. All employees of Critical Businesses or performing Critical Government Functions who work in close proximity to other employees or with the public shall wear a medical or non-medical face covering to help prevent the spread of disease. Employers [shall make every] effort to provide their workforce with medical or non-medical face coverings.

Enforcement

C.R.S. § 25-1-114

Retrieval note

The order's word is 'should'. The employee duty ('shall wear') is mandatory. The worker face-covering duty was carried into D 2020 110 and preserved by D 2020 138 (Ex. CO-031).