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Public Health Order No. 2020-01 (mandatory face coverings)

A Public Health Order of the Board of Health of South Central Public Health District Establishing Standards for Face Coverings for Individuals When They Are in Public Places, Providing Penalties for Violations, Providing a Statement of Emergency, and Providing an Effective Date and Repeal Requirement

Board of Health of South Central Public Health District (Linda F. Montgomery, Chair) · South Central Public Health District (Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties), Idaho (County)

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Jurisdiction
South Central Public Health District (Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties), Idaho · Idaho
Level
County
Authority
Idaho Code § 39-414; penalties under Idaho Code § 39-419(2)
Issued
2020-11-12 Nov. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-11-12 (immediately) (read as 2020-11-12)
End
'Will be reevaluated after 60 days'. (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Nov. 12, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every person in a public place in the eight-county district
  • businesses and other establishments
Functions reached
  • MASK customers and employees in businesses across the Magic Valley and Blaine County
  • SF retail and service premises
Collection
Idaho ID

Operative words

Section 1. MANDATORY FACE COVERINGS. Every person shall wear a face covering that completely covers the person's nose and mouth [only] when the person is in a public place, and others are present, and social distancing of at least six feet cannot be maintained.... 'Public place' means any place, indoor or outdoor, that is open to the public and includes, but is not limited to, businesses or other establishments where people assemble and interact, or members of the general public may enter. Section 3. PENALTIES.... Per Idaho Code § 39-419(2), any person who violates any provision of this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $300, or imprisonment of six months in the county jail.... This Order shall become effective immediately, and it will be reevaluated after 60 days.

Enforcement

Misdemeanor, Idaho Code § 39-419(2): $300 fine or six months

Notes

Findings recite that St. Luke's Magic Valley 'was required to divert and/or turn away patients multiple times because it had no available hospital beds' and that Utah hospitals 'no longer accept hospital patients from Idaho'. Version 'a' of the posted order.

Retrieval note

Board adopted Nov. 12, 2020; two posted versions (a and b) differ in exemptions.

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