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DC Health, Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): Mask Guidance for the General Public (last updated July 30, 2021)

Mask Guidance for the General Public

DC Health (Department of Health) · District of Columbia (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
Mayor's Order 2021-097 sec. IV.2 (compulsory statements in DC Health guidance 'are to be treated as lawful regulations under the Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act')
Issued
2021-07-30 July 30, 2021
Effective
2021-07-31 5:00 a.m. (with Mayor's Order 2021-097) (read as 2021-07-31)
End
Indoor mandate lifted Nov. 22, 2021 (post-period) (read as 2021-11-22)
In force
July 31, 2021 to Nov. 22, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • everyone, including fully vaccinated persons
  • any business or establishment open to members of the public
Functions reached
  • SF
  • OF office buildings
  • DR
  • FC
  • WS
  • PE indoor entertainment venues
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

This guidance... provides the rules that must be followed for masking indoors, even for fully vaccinated persons.... Masking rules: Everyone (including fully vaccinated people) must wear masks: UPDATE: in indoor public settings. This includes any business or establishment open to members of the public (including but not limited to: grocery stores, restaurants and bars (when not eating or drinking), places of worship, gyms, office buildings, libraries, indoor entertainment venues

Enforcement

As regulations under Mayor's Order 2021-097 sec. V ($1,000 fines; license suspension or revocation)

Notes

The text the Mayor's Order incorporates by reference; lists office buildings expressly

Retrieval note

Text-layer PDF; located through the Sept. 1, 2021 Wayback capture of coronavirus.dc.gov.