Director's Order Requiring the Use of Facial Coverings in Child Education Settings

The record

Jurisdiction

Ohio

Level

Sector regulator

Authority

R.C. 3701.13 ('make special orders... for preventing the spread of contagious or infectious diseases')

Issued

2020-08-13 Aug. 13, 2020

Effective

12:01 a.m. August 14, 2020, until the State of Emergency ends or the Director rescinds or modifies the Order (read as 2020-08-14)

End

Rescinded with the Director's other orders on June 2, 2021 (Ohio's Director's Order Rescinding Various Orders) (read as 2021-06-02)

In force

Aug. 14, 2020 to June 2, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementSchools and child care

Addressees

• all students, faculty and staff in any child care setting, school building, or other location that provides care or education to any child in kindergarten through grade twelve in Ohio

Functions reached

• IN
• EC
• TR
• AC
• FS
• WF
• CB

Collection

Education and Child Care SEC-15

Operative words

1. Facial Coverings (Masks). Except as provided herein, all students, faculty, and staff in any child care setting, school building, or other location that provides care or education to any child in kindergarten through grade twelve in the State of Ohio shall wear facial coverings at all times when: a. In any indoor location including, but not limited to, classrooms, gymnasiums, offices, locker rooms, hallways, cafeteria, and/or locker bays; b. Outdoors on school property and unable to consistently maintain a distance of six feet or more...; c. Waiting for a school bus outdoors and unable to maintain a distance of six feet or more...; or d. Riding a school bus.... 3. Duration: This Order shall be effective at 12:01 a.m. on August 14, 2020 and remains in full force and effect until the State of Emergency declared by the Governor no longer exists or the Director of the Ohio Department of Health rescinds or modifies this Order, whichever occurs sooner.

Enforcement

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