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Ex. VA-029 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 79 and Order of Public Health Emergency Ten (Governor's PDF)

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
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
Functions reached
  • IN
  • WF
Collection
Virginia VA

Operative words

this Order terminates Seventh Amended Number Seventy-Two (2021) and Order of Public Health Emergency Nine, shall be effective midnight on May 28, 2021... 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.

Enforcement

VDH; injunctive relief under § 32.1-27

Notes

Same instrument as VA-017 in the Governor's own PDF (header: 'ATTENTION: This Order is not effective until midnight on May 28, 2021').