The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.70.130(7); RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036
- Issued
- 2022-02-16 Feb. 16, 2022
- Effective
- 20-03.4 effective Aug. 23, 2021 (issued Aug. 19); 20-03.5 Sept. 13, 2021; 20-03.6 Sept. 24, 2021; 20-03.7 Feb. 18, 2022 (read as 2021-08-23)
- End
- Face-covering order rescinded Mar. 12, 2022 (post-period) (read as 2022-03-12)
- In force
- Aug. 23, 2021 to Mar. 12, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- every person in Washington State
- Functions reached
- PF (indoor production areas where non-household persons present)
- WH
- EN
- EV
- WF
- Collection
- Manufacturing SEC-10
Operative words
WHEREAS, on August 19, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.4 was issued, reinstituting a requirement for people to wear face coverings, regardless of their vaccination status, when in a place where any person from outside their household is present or in a public place, with limited exceptions; and WHEREAS, on September 13, 2021, Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.5 was issued, requiring people to wear face coverings at outdoor events or gatherings attended by 500 or more people
Enforcement
RCW 43.70.130; RCW 70.05.120 (misdemeanor); L&I enforcement at workplaces
Notes
Saved as the current amending order because the 20-03.4 PDF itself was not located; the recitals are the Secretary's own statement of what 20-03.4 and 20-03.5 required and when.
Retrieval notePrimary for the recitals; the operative text of 20-03.4 as it stood in Aug.-Sept. 2021 is quoted only from the recital.