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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Secondary source describing Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1 (RCW 43.70.130; RCW 70.05.070; WAC 246-100-036)
- Issued
- 2020-08-06 Aug. 6, 2020
- Effective
- Order 20-03.1: issued July 24, 2020, effective July 25, 2020 (bulletin: 'This order took effect on 7/25/20 and remains in effect until rescinded or superseded') (read as 2020-07-24)
- End
- Order 20-03.1 amended by 20-03.2 (May 15, 2021) (read as 2021-05-15)
- In force
- July 24, 2020 to May 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- every person in Washington State
- long-term care facilities and residents
- Functions reached
- SF
- CB
- WF
- RS residential care
- Collection
- Washington WA
Operative words
Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1 (order) requires every person in Washington State to wear a face covering that covers their nose and mouth when they are outside their house, mobile home, apartment, condominium, hotel or motel room, or other dwelling unit, subject to exceptions listed below. If a person lives in a congregate setting where people share living facilities with other residents, their dwelling unit is their bedroom.
Enforcement
As for Order 20-03; business condition under Proclamation 20-25.7 ('No business may operate... unless the customer is wearing a face covering, as required by Order of the Secretary of Health 20-03.1')
Notes
Order 20-03.1 expanded the mandate to every setting outside the dwelling unit (indoor and outdoor, public and non-public); Proclamation 20-25.7 (Ex. WA-041) restates and incorporates it; Order 20-03.7 (Ex. WA-110) recites its date.
Retrieval noteThe order's issue date and the operative words are corroborated by Proclamation 20-25.7 (verified_primary) and Order 20-03.7's recitals.