Board of Health Face Covering Order-September 10, 2021

Town of Harwich

Board of Health

732 Main Street Harwich, MA 02645

508-430-7509 – Fax 508-430-7531

E-mail: health@town.harwich.ma.us

BOARD OF HEALTH FACE COVERING ORDER

Due to the current resurgence in COVID-19 cases, and the number of breakthrough cases of vaccinated individuals in the Town, the Board of Health hereby orders, effective immediately, that face coverings shall be worn by anyone age 2 years or older attending an indoor public meeting of a Town Board, Commission or Committee, including Town Meeting, except as provided below:

The Chair (or in the case of Town Meeting, the Moderator) may excuse, upon advance request and for good cause shown, any individual attendee’s face covering requirement for medical reasons;

The Chair (or in the case of Town Meeting, the Moderator) may allow attendees to remove face coverings temporarily to speak to the meeting, or entirely, provided that attendees can maintain social distancing of 6’ or greater throughout the meeting.

As used herein, attendees shall include members of a Town Board, Commission or Committee.

All attendees shall be required to provide either an email address or phone number to the Town at the meeting for contact tracing purposes.

This order shall remain in effect until further notice.  The Board of Health will revisit this order at one of its duly-noticed, upcoming, regularly-scheduled meetings, likely Tuesday October 19, 2021, at which time it may consider, among other things, either rescinding or continuing the face covering requirement.

The Chair (or in the case of Town Meeting, the Moderator) has the authority to ask for either masks to be put on, or to not take part in the meeting.

Adopted: September 10, 2021

Effective: Immediately