Third Amended Administrative Order Expanding Statewide Judiciary Operations in Light of the COVID-19 Emergency (Aug. 6, 2021, effective Aug. 9, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Maryland

Level

Court

Authority

Md. Const. art. IV, sec. 18; Md. Rules Title 16, Chapter 1000

Issued

2021-08-06 Aug. 6, 2021

Effective

2021-08-09

End

Superseded Dec. 27, 2021 (Omicron interim order) and Feb. 18, 2022 (read as 2021-12-27)

In force

Aug. 9, 2021 to Dec. 27, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices

Addressees

• all courts and clerks' offices
• litigants, jurors, the public

Functions reached

• CT courts in Q3 2021 (emergency operations continuing)
• PJ

Collection

Maryland MD

Operative words

WHEREAS, Although vaccination efforts have made significant progress and infection rates have fallen, the emergence of the highly contagious Delta variant and the attendant risk posed to those who are vaccinated and those who have not completed the vaccination process require the return to health measures that have been proven effective in reducing the likelihood of infection and will allow the continuation of emergency court operations in Phase V, NOW, THEREFORE... do hereby order this 6th day of August 2021, effective August 9, 2021, as follows: (a) Should the CDC or MDH protocols require a return to restricted emergency operations during the COVID-19 emergency, a progressive, phased return to full operations by the courts... shall be the policy of the Maryland Judiciary, consistent with the measures taken since March 12, 2020; and (b) Emergency operations consist of five phases... it may become necessary to retreat from a later to an earlier phase... Footnote 1: (b) In Phase II, from November 30, 2020, through March 14, 2021...; (d) In Phase IV, beginning March 15, 2021, courts are open to the public...; (e) Effective March 15, 2021, through April 25, 2021, the courts operated under Phase IV...

Enforcement

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