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Executive Order No. 2021-12

Modifying and Amending Emergency Measures

Governor Henry McMaster · South Carolina (State)

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Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Level
State
Authority
As EO 2020-50; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-410, 25-1-440, 25-1-450
Issued
2021-03-05 Mar. 5, 2021
Effective
2021-03-05 (immediately) (read as 2021-03-05)
End
2021-05-11 (superseded by EO 2021-23) (read as 2021-05-11)
In force
Mar. 5, 2021 to May 11, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationTelework mandateOther
Addressees
  • restaurants and the public (guidelines)
  • State agencies and employees
  • counties and municipalities
Functions reached
  • end of the restaurant and State-building mask mandates
  • OF State offices return ordered
  • local mask ordinances preserved
Collection
South Carolina SC

Operative words

Section 2. Emergency Guidelines Regarding Face Coverings. A. I hereby encourage all individuals within the State of South Carolina to wear a Face Covering... Section 3. Emergency Guidelines Regarding Restaurant Operations. A. I hereby urge any and all restaurants... to consider, incorporate, and adhere to, to the greatest extent practicable, the following guidelines... Section 5(D). I hereby direct all state agencies to immediately expedite the transition back to normal operations. All Agency Heads, or their designees, shall submit to the Department of Administration, for review and approval, a plan to expeditiously return all non-essential employees and staff to the workplace on a full-time basis.... § 2(G): [nothing herein] prohibit[s] counties and municipalities of this State from enacting or implementing... appropriate and narrowly tailored emergency ordinances, orders, or other measures requiring individuals to wear a Face Covering

Enforcement

§ 12 (§ 16-7-10(A)) for the remaining directives; face-covering and restaurant provisions became guidance

Notes

The instrument that ended South Carolina's general business restrictions (Mar. 5, 2021).