The COVID Project
The record
- 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; sec. 38-33(b)
- Issued
- 2021-08-20 Aug. 20, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-23
- End
- In effect through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond (repealed and replaced by Order 2021-11 effective Jan. 3, 2022, Ex. MET-CHI-042) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 23, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses and individuals in suburban Cook County
- Functions reached
- SF
- DR
- FC
- SL
- LG hotels
- PE performance venues and theaters
- OF commercial buildings
- HR/EMP signage and staff masking
- CB
- Collection
- Chicago MET-CHI
Operative words
Any individual aged two and older and able to medically tolerate a mask shall be required to wear a mask when indoors in a public place, regardless of vaccination status. For the purposes of this Order, indoor public spaces include any common or shared space in: (1) a residential multi-unit building or (2) any non-residential building, including but not limited to retail stores, restaurants, bars/taverns, health and fitness clubs, museums, hotels, personal services, performance venues, movie theaters, commercial buildings, event venues, healthcare settings, congregate facilities, on public transportation and in transportation hubs.... All businesses open to public must post signage, in a form and size approved by CCDPH, advising patrons and staff that masks are required to be worn on the premises.
Enforcement
Penalties under Cook County Code sec. 38-38; enforcement by law enforcement officers under sec. 38-33(b); exemptions for free exercise of religion and governmental functions; masks removable while actively eating or drinking and for shaves and facials
Notes
Suburban Cook's Delta-wave reinstatement, dated Aug. 20 and effective Aug. 23, 2021, one week before the statewide order