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Public Health Order Requiring Facial Coverings in Public Where Social Distancing Cannot Be Maintained

Tri-County Health Department Public Health Order Requiring Facial Coverings (July 10, 2020)

Tri-County Health Department, at the authorization and direction of the TCHD Board of Health · Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties (TCHD) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties (TCHD) · Denver · Colorado
Level
County
Authority
C.R.S. 25-1-506, 25-1-508, 25-1-509, 25-1-516
Issued
2020-07-10 July 10, 2020
Effective
2020-07-10 (TCHD release: 'July 10: TCHD Issues Public Health Order requiring face coverings') (read as 2020-07-10)
End
Extended Oct. 20, 2020 (Ex. 118); Third Amended Apr. 5, 2021 (Ex. 078); Fourth Amended Apr. 9, 2021 (Ex. 080) effective through May 15, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
July 10, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirement
Addressees
  • all individuals in Adams and Arapahoe Counties (Douglas County opted out by resolution)
  • businesses and public places
Functions reached
  • SF
  • CB
  • WF
  • EMP
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

TCHD, and at the authorization and direction of the TCHD Board of Health, the following is ordered: [Each individual within TCHD's jurisdiction, except as] exempted below, must wear a Face Covering whenever they are outside their residence and unable [to maintain social distance of at least six feet from non-household members]... Face coverings must cover the mouth and nose at all times and should remain in place until taken off safely.

Enforcement

C.R.S. 25-1-516; TCHD's stated approach of education and warning before enforcement

Notes

Recites 11,665 known cases in the three counties as of July 9, 2020. TCHD's page: 'July 8: TCHD to Draft Public Health Order Requiring Use of Face Masks, Communities can Opt Out.' Broader than the State's July 16 order because it reached outdoor settings where distancing failed (TCHD's site: 'requires wearing a mask or face covering both indoors and outdoors when a distance of six feet... cannot be maintained').

Retrieval note

The opt-out is stated on TCHD's own site and is graded verified_secondary.

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