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Ex. MET-CHI-039 Order Primary source read

Order of the Cook County Department of Public Health No. 2021-8

COVID-19 Bridge Phase Mitigation

Cook County Department of Public Health · Suburban Cook County, Illinois (CCDPH jurisdiction) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Suburban Cook County, Illinois (CCDPH jurisdiction) · Chicago · Illinois
Level
County
Authority
20 ILCS 2305; 20 ILCS 2310; Cook County Code ch. 38 art. II
Issued
2021-05-14 May 14, 2021
Effective
2021-05-14
End
Repealed June 11, 2021 by Order 2021-9 (Ex. MET-CHI-040) (read as 2021-06-11)
In force
May 14, 2021 to June 11, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • all businesses and individuals
  • venue operators and event organizers
  • restaurants and bars
Functions reached
  • DR 75 percent
  • HR/EMP vaccination verification and record-keeping duties
  • EV venue plans
  • IC health-care masks
  • WF transit masks
  • CB
Collection
Chicago MET-CHI

Operative words

All individuals over the age of two... regardless of vaccination status, must continue to wear masks in health care settings, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, shelters and other congregate settings, on planes, buses, trains, other forms of public transportation, in airports, and in other transportation stations or hubs.... All venue operators and event organizers must have a plan to ensure individuals wear a mask... Fully-vaccinated individuals are exempt from capacity limits in all sectors.... Businesses that choose to participate in allowing any exemptions... for fully-vaccinated patrons must establish a system for verifying vaccination status. At minimum, it is the responsibility of the business to track patrons who are fully vaccinated and maintain those records so that they are available for health department investigators upon request.... Bars, Restaurants...: Indoor service is limited up to 75% of capacity per room.

Enforcement

Cook County Code sec. 38-38; 'Failure to require patrons who are not fully-vaccinated to be masked will be seen as a violation of the establishment to operate safely'

Notes

Imposes a vaccination-verification and record-retention duty on any suburban Cook business using the vaccinated-patron exemption