IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER REGARDING WEARING OF FACE MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (AO-E10) The Circuit Court for Montgomery County continues to closely monitor state and local responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and follow guidance provided by state and local public health agencies and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC having advised people to take precautions, and having noted that the best way to prevent illness is to avoid exposure to the virus, and for good cause found, it is this 30th day of April, 2020, by the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland ORDERED, that effective on April 30, 2020, all persons entering the Circuit Court for Montgomery County shall wear a face mask, scarf, or other device covering their nose and mouth, except that any courthouse employee who is asymptomatic and not sharing an office space or cubicle with another person, or who can maintain a distance of at least 12 feet from co-employees or others even though sharing an office, may remove a mask, face covering or other device while in such office, and it is further ORDERED, that such mask, scarf or device must otherwise be continuously worn by those persons during the time they are in the courthouse, and it is further ORDERED, that all employees must wear a mask and latex gloves when delivering files or mail throughout the courthouse, and during all court proceedings, and it is further ORDERED, that all law enforcement or security personnel shall wear a mask, scarf or other device at all security or screening stations; and it is further ORDERED, that no person may ride on an elevator containing other persons, unless all persons are wearing a face mask, scarf, or other device, and it is further ORDERED, that before any non-courthouse employee is admitted to the building, he or she shall consent to a thermal thermometer check, and is barred from entry if he or she declines to consent, or a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit or more is detected, and it is further ORDERED, that the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is authorized to deny admission or remove any person from the courthouse who is not in compliance with any of the terms of this Order. ___________________________________ ROBERT A. GREENBERG Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland Robert A. Greenberg, Administrative Judge, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, MD |