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); Consumer Protection Procedures Act; Mayor's Orders 2020-080 and 2020-119; DC Health Guidance for Gyms and Workout Studios (Aug. 31, 2020)
- Issued
- 2020-12-15 Dec. 15, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-15
- End
- not applicable (enforcement action); resolved by the settlement of Feb. 4, 2021 (Ex. DUT-DC-019) (read as 2021-02-04)
- In force
- Dec. 15, 2020 to Feb. 4, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
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
- agency position statement
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
The District's Protecting Businesses and Workers from COVID-19 Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (Emergency Act)... requires businesses to follow policies in the Mayor's COVID-19 public health emergency orders. According to the orders, residents must wear facemasks while in public and businesses must enforce customer use of facemasks while indoors.
Penalty
Civil action for injunctive relief and penalties under the Emergency Act and the Consumer Protection Procedures Act; interim agreement
What it required
Records the Attorney General's suit alleging that Urban Athletic Club 'violated the Emergency Act and the Consumer Protection Procedures Act' by allowing customers to exercise without masks, adequate distancing or equipment sanitization, and the interim agreement requiring the company to enforce 'the Mayor's orders and guidance at their gyms'; states that the orders 'direct these establishments to maintain six feet of distance between staff and patrons, arrange workout areas to provide least 10 feet between patrons in all directions, and properly disinfect each piece of equipment after each use.' Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).
Retrieval noteThe release treats DC Health's Guidance for Gyms and Workout Studios (Aug. 31, 2020) as part of what 'the orders' require, consistent with Mayor's Order 2020-075 sec. II.3 ('DOH guidance... must be followed', Ex. DC-079) and the temporary sec. 7-2307(3) (Ex. DUT-DC-004).