The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A
- Issued
- 2020-05-01 May 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-06
- End
- Rescinded 12:01 a.m. November 6, 2020 by Order No. 55 (Ex. MA-035) (read as 2020-11-06)
- In force
- May 6, 2020 to Nov. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition
- Addressees
- persons generally; all workers and customers of businesses open to the public
- Character
- order operating condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA
Operative words
any person over age two who is in a place open to the public in the Commonwealth, whether indoor or outdoor, and is unable to or does not maintain a distance of approximately six feet from every other person shall cover their mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face covering... This requirement applies to all workers and customers of businesses and other organizations open to the public
Penalty
Civil fine up to $300 per violation under G.L. c. 40, s. 21D
What it required
Workplace infection-prevention and exposure-control requirement: face coverings for every worker and customer in a place open to the public where six feet cannot be kept, and at all times inside grocery stores, pharmacies and other retail stores and in taxis, ride-sharing and mass transit; a business could decline entry to a customer refusing a covering; enforced by DPH, local boards of health and authorized agents under G.L. c. 111, s. 30 with police.
Retrieval noteSuperseded by Order No. 55 (masks in every public location, 'are required to wear,' Nov. 6, 2020; DUT-MA-025) and Order No. 67 (Apr. 30, 2021; Ex. MA-046); after May 29, 2021 the DPH order for specified settings (DUT-MA-029).