The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Level
- State
- Authority
- La. R.S. 29:721 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:760 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:761
- Issued
- 2021-08-02 Aug. 2, 2021
- Effective
- Wednesday, August 4, 2021 to Wednesday, September 1, 2021, or as extended (read as 2021-08-04)
- End
- Renewed by 167 JBE 2021 (Sept. 1, 2021) and successors; statewide indoor mask requirement lifted Oct. 26/27, 2021 except in K-12 schools (Ballotpedia) (read as 2021-09-01)
- In force
- Aug. 4, 2021 to Sept. 1, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every individual indoors in any place outside a private residence (including K-12 schools, colleges and child care)
- operators of businesses and organizations
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Education and Child Care SEC-15
Operative words
SECTION 3: FACE COVERINGS. A)... [every individual] shall wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when indoors in any place outside of a private residence except in the circumstances provided for in Subsection (C) below. B) In accordance with the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on January 29, 2021, all individuals shall wear a face covering... while passengers and operators of public conveyances... C) The requirements in Subsection (A) do not apply to the following:... 2) any child under the age of five not enrolled in a kindergarten program, however all children between the ages of two and five years old are strongly encouraged to wear a face covering...; 8) any athlete participating in organized athletic activities. D) All local governing authorities and operators of private businesses and organizations shall retain the authority to issue more restrictive measures than that imposed by the State. E) Citations under this Section shall be written only to businesses or organizations, other than religious organizations, that fail to enforce the requirement to wear face coverings.... SECTION 6: Unless otherwise provided in this order, these provisions are effective from Wednesday, August 4th, 2021 to Wednesday, September 1, 2021, or as extended by any subsequent Proclamation, unless terminated sooner.
Enforcement
Citations to businesses and organizations (Section 3(E)); La. R.S. 29:724(E), 29:766; GOHSEP and State Fire Marshal (Section 4)
Notes
Reached every kindergarten-and-up student, teacher and staff member in every public and private school, college and child care center in Louisiana from Aug. 4, 2021, with the enforcement burden placed on the school as 'operator'; signed 'this 2nd day of August, 2021' (signature block).
Retrieval noteOCR copy from the Governor's site; Section 3(A) opening words condensed in brackets.