The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23-483) and successors; Consumer Protection Procedures Act, D.C. Code sec. 28-3901 et seq.; D.C. Code sec. 7-2307
- Issued
- 2021-03-11 Mar. 11, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-03-11
- End
- not applicable (enforcement action) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Mar. 11, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- specified businesses (gyms and workout studios); by the Attorney General's statement, businesses generally
- Character
- enforcement record
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
District law requires businesses to comply with health and safety requirements that are necessary to reduce the spread of coronavirus and to protect employees and consumers... businesses are required to post signs on their doors stating masks are mandatory for those who enter and to exclude those who are not wearing masks
Penalty
Civil penalties, injunctive order, costs and attorney's fees under the Emergency Act and the Consumer Protection Procedures Act
What it required
Records the Attorney General's suit against the operator of Washington Sports Club for failing to enforce the mask mandate, set and enforce distancing and disinfect equipment, pleaded as violations of the Consumer Protection Procedures Act and the Emergency Act, and seeking 'a court order requiring WSC to comply with the District's COVID-19 rules, civil penalties, costs the District incurred by bringing this case, and attorney's fees'; states that the orders 'require businesses to make it mandatory for customers to wear facemasks while indoors' and to keep six feet between staff and patrons and ten feet between patrons. Character as recorded: enforcement_record (press release; order_penalty layer).
Retrieval noteThe release is the Attorney General's own statement of businesses' legal obligations under the orders and the Emergency Act; the complaint itself is linked from the release and was not separately saved.