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Ex. VA-017 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 79 and Order of Public Health Emergency Ten (Register text)

Ending of Commonsense Public Health Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver · Virginia (State)

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Jurisdiction
Virginia
Level
State
Authority
Va. Const. art. V; Va. Code §§ 44-146.17, 32.1-13, 32.1-20, 35.1-10
Issued
2021-05-14 May 14, 2021
Effective
2021-05-28 midnight (read as 2021-05-28)
End
Until amended or rescinded; lapsed with Amended EO 51 on 2021-06-30 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
May 28, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
Addressees
  • all individuals aged five and older (should)
  • public and private K-12 schools (must)
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction (masking)
  • WF
Collection
Virginia VA

Operative words

A. Masks - Indoors and Outdoors. All individuals in the Commonwealth aged five and older should cover their mouth and nose with a mask in accordance with the Center for Disease Control and Protection guidance... D. Masks - Public and Private K-12 Schools. All students, teachers, staff, and visitors must wear a mask over their nose and mouth while on school property subject to section C.... this Order terminates Seventh Amended Number Seventy-Two (2021) and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine, shall be effective midnight on May 28, 2021, and shall remain in full force and effect until amended or rescinded by further executive order.

Enforcement

VDH enforces; injunctive relief under § 32.1-27; DOLI, DPOR and VDACS as to licensees

Notes

The instrument that ended Virginia's general business restrictions. Register Vol. 37, Iss. 21 (June 7, 2021) text; the page also carries EO 78 (Colonial Pipeline emergency, May 11, 2021).

Retrieval note

The Governor's own PDF is filed as VA-029.