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Executive Order 2021-20 (COVID-19 Executive Order No. 87)

Face covering requirements; vaccination requirements for health care workers, school personnel and higher education

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
20 ILCS 3305/7(1), 7(2), 7(3), 7(8), 7(12); Department of Public Health Act
Issued
2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
Effective
2021-08-26 (masks Aug. 30, 2021; first vaccine dose within 10 days) (read as 2021-08-26)
End
amended and continued into 2022 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 26, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
Addressees
  • all individuals in indoor public places; Health Care Facilities including physician offices, dental offices, urgent care facilities; Health Care Workers
Functions reached
  • CL
  • FD
  • HR
  • WF
  • OF
  • CB
Collection
Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02

Operative words

Section 1... Beginning on Monday, August 30, 2021, all individuals in Illinois who are age two or over and able to medically tolerate a face covering... shall be required to cover their nose and mouth with a face covering when in an indoor public place... All individuals, including those who are fully vaccinated, shall continue to be required to wear a face covering... (3) in healthcare settings. Section 2: Vaccination Requirements for Health Care Workers... ii. 'Health Care Facility' means any institution, building, or agency, or portion of an institution, building, or agency... including... surgical treatment centers, hospices, hospitals, physician offices, dental offices, free-standing emergency centers, urgent care facilities... b. All Health Care Workers must have, at a minimum, the first dose of a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine series or a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days after issuance of this Executive Order, and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within 30 days following administration of their first dose... [or be tested weekly]. c. Health Care Facilities shall exclude Health Care Workers who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 [from the premises unless tested]

Enforcement

20 ILCS 3305/7; Department of Public Health emergency rules

Notes

Physician offices named in terms.