14 Del. Admin. Code § 815-6.0

Current through Register Vol. 27, No. 10, April 1, 2024

Section 815-6.0 - COVID-19 Mitigation and Prevention

6.1 Schools

6.1.1 All schools that serve students kindergarten through twelfth grade shall require mask use by all students, faculty, staff, and visitors inside school buildings, regardless of vaccination status.

6.1.2 Persons who have a medical condition or disability that prevents that person from wearing a mask can request a reasonable accommodation from the school.

6.1.3 Masks are not required in school buildings:

6.1.3.1 When seated at a table to eat or drink.

6.1.3.2 When asleep.

6.1.3.3 When engaged in any activity that makes wearing a mask not feasible, such as swimming.

6.1.3.4 When a person is in a personal space (i.e., single office) and others outside of that person's household are not present.

6.1.3.5 When outdoors.

6.1.3.6 When students are not in the building, except when students travel on school buses.

6.1.4 All schools that provide bus service to and from school shall require mask use by all students, faculty, staff, and visitors riding school buses, regardless of vaccination status.

6.2 Child Care Facilities

6.2.1 All persons or associations conducting child care as defined in 14 Del.C. § 3002A(1) shall recommend mask use by children ages 2 through pre-kindergarten and shall require mask use by children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, staff, family members, and visitors inside the child care facility, regardless of vaccination status.

6.2.2 Persons who have a medical condition or disability that prevents that person from wearing a mask can request a reasonable accommodation from the child care facility.

6.2.3 Masks are not required in child care facilities:

6.2.3.1 When seated at a table to eat or drink.

6.2.3.2 When asleep.

6.2.3.3 When engaged in any activity that makes wearing a mask not feasible, such as swimming.

6.2.3.4 When a person is in a personal space (i.e., single office) and others outside of that person's household are not present.

6.2.3.5 When outdoors.

6.2.3.6 When children are not in the building.

6.2.4 All child care facilities that provide bus service to and from the child care facility shall recommend mask use by children ages 2 through pre-kindergarten and shall require mask use by children in kindergarten through twelfth grade, faculty, staff, and visitors riding school buses, regardless of vaccination status.

14 Del. Admin. Code § 815-6.0

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