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Michigan released specifics Friday night about how businesses must enforce the latest version of the state’s mask mandate – which goes into effect at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 15.
The new mandate allows all fully vaccinated people – which means they’re two weeks removed from their final shot – to ditch their masks in most outdoor and indoor spaces.
Businesses must make a “good faith effort” to make sure unvaccinated people wear masks, per the order.
To count as a “good faith effort,” a business can do any of three options: Put up signs to say unvaccinated people must still wear masks, ask customers if they are vaccinated (or have any other exemption) or simply require everybody to wear masks.
To read the full order, click here.
Other components to the health order – like capacity restrictions for various types of gatherings – remain unchanged.
Other people exempt from wearing masks indoors include kids under 2 years old, people actively eating or drinking and those who can’t medically tolerate a mask – among other exemptions.
These changes to the mask mandate don’t impact employees – as they’re required to follow Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules. MIOSHA rules haven’t been relaxed yet to allow vaccinated people to unmask, but state officials said they’re considering tweaking those rules too.
Some businesses have already said they plan to continue requiring masks for everybody, including Meijer and Kroger.
The latest state health order expires at 11:59 p.m. on May 31, but may be extended. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday that Michigan’s entire mask mandate would be lifted July 1.
The move comes on the heels of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, which said vaccinated people don’t need to wear masks inside anymore.
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