The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- A.O. 49 § 7; Explanatory Note to A.O. 49
- Issued
- 2021-09-01 Sept. 1, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-01 (as amended) (read as 2021-09-01)
- End
- Continued into 2022 (referenced Jan. 5, 2022) (read as 2022-01-05)
- In force
- Sept. 1, 2021 to Jan. 5, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- all visitors to courthouses and Judiciary facilities
- Judiciary employees and judicial officers
- other agencies sharing court buildings
- Functions reached
- CT courts and clerks' windows
- PJ law firms' litigation and real estate closings requiring court filings
- WF attorneys, staff, jurors
- CB
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
Prior to entry, all courthouse visitors must respond to health screening questions to verify that they are not experiencing symptoms of illness... Masks must be worn by all courthouse visitors at all times within the courthouse, except as may be more particularly provided for in this Directive, and social distancing of at least six feet must be maintained to the extent possible... Persons who are experiencing one or more symptoms of illness or who fail to comply with mask and social distancing requirements will not be allowed to enter or, after entry, will be required to leave.
Enforcement
Denial of entry; removal; judicial officer decides how the hearing proceeds (§ B.3)
Notes
§ A recites that the Judicial Emergency 'is still in effect pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative Order 49' after the Governor's order expired; § B.2(b) lets a judicial officer relax masking for a person who documents full vaccination; § C requires employees to monitor symptoms regardless of vaccination status.
Retrieval noteText read (first 120 lines).