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Ex. MET-STL-058 Order Primary source read

Order Requiring Members of the Public and Employees to Wear Face Coverings

Order Requiring Members of the Public and Employees to Wear Face Coverings (age 9 and older)

St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Emily Doucette) · St. Louis County, Missouri (County)

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Jurisdiction
St. Louis County, Missouri · St. Louis · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
RSMo §§ 192.006, 192.200, 192.300; 19 CSR 20-20.050; Charter § 4.130; SLCRO § 600.010; Executive Orders 10-17
Issued
2020-07-02 July 2, 2020
Effective
2020-07-03
End
Replaced by the Amended Order dated Aug. 21, 2020, effective Aug. 24, 2020 (Ex. MET-STL-060); the County mask regime ran continuously to May 13-14, 2021 (read as 2020-08-21)
In force
July 3, 2020 to Aug. 21, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons over the age of 9 at any Business or Public Accommodation, outdoors in public when others are present, or attending a Gathering
  • all Businesses and venues providing Public Accommodation (posting, denial of entry, cooperation with contact investigations)
  • Public Transit (defined as a Public Accommodation)
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor (posting, masked entry)
  • DR
  • SL personal services
  • WF employees (masks at work)
  • TV transit
  • EMP workplace rules
  • CB
Collection
St. Louis MET-STL

Operative words

a. All persons over the age of 9, including employees or visitors, present at any Business or Public [Accommodation must wear a Face Covering]; b. All persons over the age of 9 when outdoors in a public space when anyone other than members of [their household are present]; c. All persons over the age of 9 attending a Gathering of individuals who are not members of their [household]... 3. All Businesses and other venues that provide Public Accommodation must post the requirement that Face Coverings are required for entry and must continuously be worn while present in the business or venue. 4. Businesses are authorized to deny entry to members of the public who refuse to wear Face Coverings.... 'Public Transit' is considered a Public Accommodation under this order... 4. All Individuals and Businesses must cooperate with DPH when DPH is conducting contact investigations... 5. In addition to other civil and criminal penalties that may be sought, DPH may enforce this Order.... [DPH has] the authority to deem a Business, Businesses comprising a certain industry, geographic areas or the County as a whole to be unsafe and order such Business... [closed].

Enforcement

County Counselor may seek emergency injunctive relief or other civil relief; noncompliance may disqualify Businesses from future financial assistance; DPH may order businesses or industries closed as unsafe; RSMo § 192.320

Notes

Issued the same day as City Order No. 11 (Ex. MET-STL-012). Text read from the County's web posting of the order (Ex. MET-STL-102).

Retrieval note

Scanned signed PDF; operative text read from the County's own web posting of the order (Ex. MET-STL-102).

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