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Executive Order No. 147

Extension of Phase 2 Order and New Interim Measures to Save Lives in the COVID-19 Pandemic (face coverings)

Governor Roy Cooper · North Carolina (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.10, 166A-19.30; concurrence of the Council of State
Issued
2020-06-24 June 24, 2020
Effective
2020-06-26 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-06-26)
End
EO 141 as amended extended to July 17, 2020 and thereafter by successive orders; face-covering requirements lifted May 14, 2021 (EO 215; not verified from text) (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
June 26, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all workers in NAICS 311-339, 236-238, 111, 112, 1151, 1152; all workers in meat or poultry processing plants, packing plants and slaughterhouses; the public
Functions reached
  • FP 'migrant farm, other farm, and agricultural settings'
  • PK slaughterhouses (surgical masks)
  • WF
  • HR
Collection
Agriculture and Food Processing SEC-20

Operative words

7. In Certain High-Density Occupational Settings Where Social Distancing is Difficult. Social distancing is inherently difficult where multiple workers are together in manufacturing settings, at construction sites, and in migrant farm, other farm, and agricultural settings. Therefore, in businesses or operations within North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors 311 to 339 (manufacturing), 236 to 238 (construction), and 111, 112, 1151, and 1152 (agriculture), all workers must wear Face Coverings when they are or may be within six (6) feet of another person. 8. In Meat or Poultry Processing Plants. All workers in any meat or poultry processing plant, packing plant, or slaughterhouse must wear Face Coverings when they are or may be within six (6) feet of another person, and those Face Coverings must be Surgical Masks, as long as Surgical Mask supplies are available.

Enforcement

N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(d) (Class 2 misdemeanor) as recited in EO 141/147

Notes

The only State order located that names the agricultural NAICS codes and slaughterhouses in terms.