The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maine
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Superintendence of the courts
- Issued
- 2021-06-01 June 1, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-01; face coverings reinstated 2021-08-16 (read as 2021-06-01)
- End
- Face-covering provisions lifted Mar. 14, 2022 (post-period) (read as 2022-03-14)
- In force
- June 1, 2021 to Mar. 14, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all persons in court facilities
- Functions reached
- CT courthouse access and hearings in Q3 2021
- OF law firms
- Collection
- Maine ME
Operative words
Maine's State of Civil Emergency and the mandated use of face coverings indoors ended on June 30, 2021.... Because of these changes, the Court determined that there was no longer a need to require all members of the public to wear face coverings in court facilities, but there was still a need for some precautions. Therefore, PPMO-SJC-1(A) (issued June 1, 2021) was amended and PPMO-SJC-1(B) (issued June 1, 2021) was deleted and replaced effective July 1, 2021. Due to an increase in the number of infections statewide, the Court, in the revision of August 16, 2021, reinstated the face covering requirements that were in place under PPMO-SJC-1(A) and (B) (issued June 1, 2021).
Enforcement
Court order; entry screening
Notes
A Q3 2021 State-court instrument reimposing face coverings from August 16, 2021; also records that the 2020-2021 PMOs were rescinded in June 2021.
Retrieval noteLive file is the 2023 revision, which recites the 2021 history verbatim.