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Ex. MET-DEN-081 Order Primary source read

Public Health Order Requiring Facial Coverings for Schools and Child Care Settings (children under 12 present)

TCHD Mask Order Schools (adopted August 18, 2021)

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

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The record

Jurisdiction
Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas Counties (TCHD) · Denver · Colorado
Level
County
Authority
C.R.S. 25-1-506, -508, -509, -516; TCHD Board policy of Nov. 6, 2020 (county opt-out) recited
Issued
2021-08-18 Aug. 18, 2021
Effective
2021-08-23 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-08-23)
End
Rescinded and replaced Sept. 1, 2021 (Ex. 082) (read as 2021-09-01)
In force
Aug. 23, 2021 to Sept. 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • schools and child care facilities in the three counties
  • students, staff and visitors
Functions reached
  • IN
  • EC
  • AC
  • WF
  • CB families
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

this Public Health Order requiring, in the absence of an approved vaccine for children under the age of [12, face coverings in schools and child care settings]... 3. Counties may opt-out of the application and enforcement of this Order in accordance with the opt-out provisions set forth below at the end of this Order.... This Order shall take effect on Monday, August 23, 2021, at 12:01 AM and shall remain in effect until [amended or rescinded]... a County within TCHD's jurisdiction may, by written resolution of its governing body, opt-out of the application and enforcement of this Order by September 1, 2021... [a county's decision] to opt-out of this Order does not preclude any individual school district, school, or child care facility [from adopting the requirements]

Enforcement

C.R.S. 25-1-516