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Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020 (Resolution approving)

Regulation requiring face coverings in all public places in Linn County when six feet of distance cannot be maintained

Linn County Board of Health (regulation approved November 16, 2020) and Board of Supervisors (Resolution 2020-11-, November 18, 2020) · Linn County, Iowa (County)

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Jurisdiction
Linn County, Iowa · Iowa
Level
County
Authority
Iowa Code § 137.104(1)(b)(2)
Issued
2020-11-18 Nov. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-11-19
End
Upon the later expiration of the Governor's November 10, 2020 proclamation or Linn County's public health disaster declaration (tracker); still in effect February 8, 2021 per the County's notice (IA-065 companion alert); preempted as to property owners by HF 847 May 20, 2021
In force
Nov. 19, 2020 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirement
Addressees
  • every person in Linn County (Cedar Rapids, Marion, Hiawatha)
Functions reached
  • CB customers masked countywide
  • SF/DR/SL premises
Collection
Iowa IA

Operative words

'WHEREAS, on November 10, 2020, Governor Reynolds issued a Proclamation of Disaster Emergency in which she prohibited certain indoor gatherings of 25 or more people or outdoor gatherings of 100 or more people unless all participants in the gathering who are two or older wear masks... WHEREAS on November 16, 2020, the Linn County Board of Health approved a Face Covering Regulation and submitted it for approval to the Linn County Board of Supervisors pursuant to Iowa Code Section 137.104(1)(b)(2). BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that in response to the ongoing public health emergency the Linn County Board of Supervisors approves the Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020... Section I. Authority and Applicability. 1.01 Iowa Code 137.104 provides that, "a local board of health shall... make and enforce such reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with law and the rules of the state board as may be necessary for the protection and improvement of the public health."' [Operative rule: face coverings required in all public places, indoor and outdoor, when six feet cannot be maintained; exemptions for children under two, persons with breathing difficulty, incapacitated persons and persons with written medical, legal or behavioral-health exemptions.]

Enforcement

Board of Health regulation under Iowa Code ch. 137 (penalty provisions in the regulation's later sections not transcribed)

Notes

Adopted the day after the Governor's statewide mask requirement took effect; the County kept it in force after the State requirement ended February 7, 2021.

Retrieval note

County's own PDF retrieved from the Wayback Machine; five-page scanned PDF read by OCR (resolution and Section I verbatim).

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