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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Hamilton County, Ohio · Cincinnati · Ohio
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Ohio Sup. R. 4 and 5; CDC guidance of July 27, 2021 (recited)
- Issued
- 2021-08-11 Aug. 11, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-11 (effective immediately) (read as 2021-08-11)
- End
- 2022-02-24 (expired when Hamilton County left the CDC 'high' transmission tier, Ex. MET-CIN-027) (read as 2022-02-24)
- In force
- Aug. 11, 2021 to Feb. 24, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- anyone entering Court Facilities, including all Hamilton County elected officials, county and Court employees, contractors, parties and attendees
- Functions reached
- CT courts and clerks
- CL litigation-dependent closings and collections
- WF county workforce (unvaccinated employees' daily symptom assessment)
- Collection
- Cincinnati MET-CIN
Operative words
2. Consistent with public health guidelines, anyone entering Court Facilities under this Joint Amended Administrative Order shall wear a facial covering/mask in all common areas and in courtrooms at the discretion of the judge presiding therein.... 9. No person shall enter Court Facilities... if: a. Without regard to vaccination status: i. They have COVID-19 or believe they have COVID-19, or; ii. They exhibit signs of respiratory infection... b. They are an unvaccinated person, and: i. Within the last 14 days, have been exposed to someone suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19, or; ii. They are awaiting a COVID-19 test result... 11. This Joint Amended Administrative Order is effective immediately and until the Hamilton County level of community transmission is no longer 'high' as measured by the CDC COVID-19 Data Tracker.
Enforcement
Court order; denial of entry; Court provides masks where a judge requires them
Notes
The principal Q3 2021 local force-of-law instrument in Hamilton County: a mask mandate and vaccination-status-based entry rule issued after the June 2, 2021 end of State orders and in force through Sept. 30, 2021 and to Feb. 24, 2022.
Retrieval noteIssue date Aug. 11, 2021 from the Courts' own COVID-19 orders page ('08-11-21: Joint Administrative Order re: Courthouse Operations - August 2021') and the Feb. 24, 2022 release (Ex. MET-CIN-027); OCR-read.