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Presiding Hearing Officer's Report on Rulemaking Hearing and Public Comment Period, OAR 333-019-1015 and 333-019-1030

Hearing Officer Report: Masking Requirements in Schools and COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Teachers and School Staff

Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Office of the State Public Health Director (Hearing Officer Brittany Hall) · Oregon (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Oregon
Level
State
Authority
ORS 183.335 (permanent rulemaking record)
Issued
2022-01-28 Jan. 28, 2022
Effective
n/a (post-period record document) (read as 2022-01-28)
End
n/a
In force
Jan. 28, 2022 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • hearing attendees and commenters
Functions reached
  • record evidence that the August 2021 school mask and staff vaccination rules were adopted and remained in force into 2022
Collection
Oregon OR

Operative words

In August 2021, OHA issued temporary administrative rules 333-019-1015 and 333-019-1030 in order to control the spread of COVID-19 and reduce hospitalizations in Oregon associated with COVID-19. Wearing face masks and obtaining COVID-19 vaccination are two important strategies that play a role in controlling COVID-19. Under Oregon Revised Statute 183.335, temporary rules cannot be extended past six months. Because under Oregon law, temporary rules cannot be extended, OHA has proposed to adopt these rules as permanent until they are no longer needed as strategies to control spread of disease.

Enforcement

n/a

Notes

OHA's own account of the August 2021 rules' purpose and continuity; useful to answer any assertion that no orders reached schools in Q3 2021.