The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Oregon
- Level
- State
- Authority
- ORS 413.042; ORS 431.110; ORS 431A.010; ORS 433.004
- Issued
- 2021-08-02 Aug. 2, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-02
- End
- Temporary through Jan. 28, 2022; permanent Jan. 28, 2022; masks in schools lifted 11:59 p.m. Mar. 11, 2022 (Oregon OSHA statement) (read as 2022-01-28)
- In force
- Aug. 2, 2021 to Jan. 28, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- public, private, parochial, charter and alternative K-12 schools
- staff, students, contractors and visitors
- Functions reached
- IN in-person instruction under universal masking
- WF workforce (school operations and exclusion rules)
- AC athletics (competitive-sport exception)
- HR school staff
- Collection
- Oregon OR
Operative words
(4) Schools must ensure that all individuals, including but not limited to staff, students, contractors and visitors wear a mask or face covering, except as provided in sections (5) and (6) of this rule, when in an indoor setting: (a) At school during regular school hours; (b) Engaged in educational activities such as field trips or off-campus classes during regular school hours; and (c) At school engaged in educational activities outside of regular school hours.... (8) A school that violates this rule is subject to a civil penalty of $500 per day per violation.
Enforcement
Civil penalty $500 per day per violation (OAR 333-019-1015(8)); Oregon OSHA complaint investigations under the Oregon Safe Employment Act ($100-$126,749 per the ODE enforcement memorandum, OR-056); TSPC educator discipline
Notes
History (OARD): PH 33-2021 filed 08/02/2021 eff. 08/02/2021; PH 36-2021 filed 08/13/2021; PH 44-2021 filed 09/03/2021; PH 84-2021 filed 11/23/2021; PH 10-2022 adopt 01/28/2022; PH 23-2022 correction 03/04/2022. Exhibit is the Secretary of State OARD rule page (current text and history) rendered to PDF.
Retrieval noteOARD text read in full. The Aug. 2, 2021 filing PDF itself was not located; the text shown is the permanent version, which OHA's Jan. 28, 2022 hearing officer report (OR-053) describes as continuing the August 2021 temporary rule.