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Executive Order 2021-386

State of Emergency: rescission of Healthy at Home, Healthy at Work, capacity and general face-covering orders; masks kept for public transportation, health-care and long-term-care settings; state of emergency retained

Governor Andy Beshear · Kentucky (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
Ky. Const.; KRS ch. 39A
Issued
2021-06-11 June 11, 2021
Effective
2021-06-11 1:00 p.m. (read as 2021-06-11)
End
Residual mask requirements ended Sept. 7, 2021 by 2021 SS HJR 1 sec. 1 (order not extended); state of emergency continued under HJR 1 sec. 2(1) (read as 2021-09-07)
In force
June 11, 2021 to Sept. 7, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care orders
Addressees
  • all persons and entities
  • transit riders
  • health-care and long-term-care settings
Functions reached
  • IC health-care masking
  • TV transit
  • RS residential care
  • all functions released from capacity rules
Collection
Kentucky KY

Operative words

1. Executive Orders 2020-243, 2020-257, 2020-323, 2020-396, 2020-398, 2020-881, 2020-1041, and 2021-326 are hereby rescinded. All Orders of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services implementing these Executive Orders and requirements for specific sectors, businesses, and entities are hereby rescinded. 2. The Healthy At Work requirements, as well as the Healthy At Work website, are hereby rescinded.... 4. Individuals are not required to wear a face covering, with the exception of the following: i. Any person riding on planes, buses, trains, and other forms of public transportation... shall wear a face covering. ii. Any person in a healthcare setting shall wear a face covering. iii. Any person in a long-term care setting shall wear a face covering.... 5. In order to ensure Kentucky remains eligible for various federal funding opportunities that require a state of emergency declaration, the state of emergency declared in Executive Order 2020-215 remains in place.... 8. This Order is effective at 1:00 p.m. on June 11, 2021.

Enforcement

KRS ch. 39A

Notes

The instrument that ended Kentucky's general business restrictions; also identifies EOs 2020-396 (state offices reopening May 18, 2020), 2020-398 and 2020-881 (utilities) as part of the regime