Two Emergency Orders: (1) Mandating Face Coverings in Public, Private, Parochial and Charter Schools; (2) Requiring Employers to Report Positive Cases in the Workplace

The record

Jurisdiction

City of Worcester (Worcester County), Massachusetts · Boston · Massachusetts

Level

City

Authority

G.L. c. 111, ss. 31, 122; 105 CMR 300.200 (Board of Health powers exercised by the Commissioner/Medical Director)

Issued

2021-09-03 Sept. 3, 2021

Effective

2021-09-07

End

'Until further notice' (in force through Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)

In force

Sept. 7, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• all public, private, parochial and charter school students, educators and support staff in Worcester
• all businesses and employers in the City of Worcester

Functions reached

• WF every Worcester employer (case reporting; quarantine enforcement)
• IN private and parochial schools (masks)
• TR school transportation
• HR

Collection

Boston MET-BOS

Operative words

Medical Director Michael P. Hirsh, has issued two Emergency Orders requiring the use of masks in all schools in the City of Worcester as well as a regulation requiring employers in the City of Worcester to report positive cases to the Division of Public Health. Orders are effective Tuesday, Sept. 7 and will remain in place until further notice. All public, private, parochial, and charter school students, educators and support staff in all grades in the City of Worcester are required to wear a face covering in school buildings and on school transportation... Employers across the Commonwealth were previously required to report positive COVID-19 cases under Governor Charlie Baker's Emergency Declaration. Since being lifted, that regulation was vacated. The City of Worcester will now require businesses and employers to report those cases to the Worcester Division of Public Health for the purpose of contact tracing and the enforcement of quarantine requirements.

Enforcement