COVID-19 Update - Palm Beach County Mask Mandate
As Palm Beach County is has identified an increase of positive cases for COVID-19, the Board of County Commissioners during their June 23rd Workshop, determined that additional measures are needed to minimize the spread of COVID-19, and has directed the County Administrator to issue Emergency Order 12 mandating the wearing of masks or facial coverings in all businesses and establishments and in outdoor public spaces where social distancing is not possible.
This order is exempt for children under two (2) and for the following:
- Persons prohibited from wearing facial coverings by Federal or State safety or health regulations;
- Public safety, fire, or other life safety personnel that have personal protective equipment requirements governed by their respective agencies;
- Individuals while actively engaged in exercise and maintaining social distancing in accordance with CDC guidelines;
- Persons receiving goods or services from a business or establishment for the shortest practical period of time during which the receipt of such goods or services necessarily precludes the wearing of a facial covering such as, but not limited to, consuming food or beverage or receiving a facial grooming or treatment;
- Persons who have a medical condition that makes the wearing of a facial covering unsafe such as, but not limited to, asthma, COPD, other conditions that reduce breathing or lung capacity; and
- Persons for whom wearing a facial covering conflicts with their religious beliefs or practices; and Facial coverings may be removed temporarily while assisting persons who are hearing impaired or who rely on reading lips in order to communicate.
The full emergency order and CDC resources for the use of face coverings may be viewed at the links below.
