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First Amended Public Health Order 21-002 Requiring Face Coverings for All Individuals Ages 3+ and Regular Testing for Unvaccinated Individuals in Pre-K Through Grade 12 School and Childcare Settings

First Amended JCPH Order 21-002 (August 28, 2021; original order effective August 17, 2021)

Executive Director, JCPH · Jefferson County, Colorado (County)

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Jurisdiction
Jefferson County, Colorado · Denver · Colorado
Level
County
Authority
C.R.S. 25-1-506, -509
Issued
2021-08-28 Aug. 28, 2021
Effective
2021-08-17 12:01 a.m. (the order states it 'shall be in effect from August 17, 2021, at 12:01 a.m.') (read as 2021-08-17)
End
Until rescinded, superseded or amended (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 17, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all individuals aged 3 and older in pre-K-12 schools and child care settings
  • unvaccinated individuals working or providing services in schools and child cares
Functions reached
  • IN
  • EC
  • AC
  • HR (testing as a condition of work)
  • WF
  • CB families
Collection
Denver MET-DEN

Operative words

emergency measures to require that require all individuals aged 3 and older to wear Face Coverings while indoors at pre-kindergarten through grade 12 school and childcare settings within Jefferson [County]... Unvaccinated individuals working or providing services in schools and childcares, and [unvaccinated students participating in listed activities, must] undergo regular testing for COVID-19.... This JCPH Public Health Order 21-002 shall be in effect from August 17, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. and shall remain in effect until rescinded, superseded, or amended in writing by the Executive [Director]

Enforcement

C.R.S. 25-1-516; compliance with any closure order issued by JCPH

Notes

Recites the Delta variant at 99.0 percent of sequenced Colorado tests as of July 25, 2021 and higher pediatric incidence entering fall 2021 than in 2020.