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Ex. MET-PHL-016 Order Primary source read

Further Reopening Order

Emergency Order Establishing Safety Measures for Further Reopening to Prevent the Spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Mayor James F. Kenney and Acting Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH · City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
City
Authority
Philadelphia Code sections 6-205 and 6-206; Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955
Issued
2021-05-20 May 20, 2021
Effective
2021-05-21 12:00 a.m. (read as 2021-05-21)
End
Sections 3-6 (gatherings, specific businesses, sports, restaurants) expired June 10, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. (restaurant section repealed June 2, 2021, Ex. MET-PHL-017); the remainder, including face coverings, until superseded by the Full Reopening Order (Ex. MET-PHL-018) (read as 2021-06-10)
In force
May 21, 2021 to June 10, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals indoors regardless of vaccination status
  • day care, camp and K-12 settings
  • businesses (owner liability)
Functions reached
  • MASK all indoor settings
  • WF schools, camps and child care masked indoors and outdoors
  • GATH CAP through June 10
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

Section 4.... A. Educational and Camp Settings.... Staff, attendees, and guests in daycare, camp settings, and educational settings serving children in grades K-12 must continue to mask, whether indoors or outdoors, regardless of vaccination status.... Section 7... B. Face Coverings Required.... 2. Except as provided in paragraph 3, 'Exceptions,' all individuals must wear face coverings indoors... regardless of vaccination status. Individuals are required to wear face coverings properly... at all times when they are: a. at any location where members of the public are generally permitted; b. in the same room with or otherwise in the company of a person who lives in a different household; or c. likely, in the near future, to encounter a person from another household;... F. Expiration Dates: Sections 3-6 of this Order shall expire on June 10, 2021 at 11:59 p.m., unless otherwise rescinded, superseded, or amended by further Order. The remainder of this order shall remain in effect until rescinded, superseded or amended by further Order.

Enforcement

Owner/operator liability (Section 8); fines up to $2,000/$500; orders to cease operations; license suspensions

Notes

Density limits for offices and retail lifted May 21; masking regardless of vaccination status continued to June 10