C. Exceptions. This Executive Order does not require Face Coverings for-and a Face
Covering does not need to be worn by-a worker, customer, or patron who:
1. Should not wear a Face Covering due to any medical or behavioral condition or
disability (including, but not limited to, any person who has trouble breathing,
or is unconscious or incapacitated, or is otherwise unable to put on or remove
the face covering without assistance);
2. Is under eleven ( 11) years of age;
3. Is actively eating or drinking;
4. Is strenuously exercising;
5. Is seeking to communicate with someone who is hearing-impaired in a way that
requires the mouth to be visible;
6. Is giving a speech for a broadcast or to an audience;
7. Is working at home or is in a personal vehicle;
8. Is temporarily removing his or her Face Covering to secure government or
medical services or for identification purposes;
9. Would be at risk from wearing a Face Covering at work, as determined by local,
state, or federal regulations or workplace safety guidelines;
10. Has found that his or her Face Covering is impeding visibility to operate
equipment or a vehicle; or
11. Is a child whose parent, guardian, or responsible person has been unable to place
the Face Covering safely on the child's face.
Anyone who declines to wear a Face Covering for these reasons should not be required
to produce documentation or any other proof of a condition.
Children under two (2) years of age should not wear a Face Covering.
D. Application of Exceptions. Under this Executive Order, all North Carolinians will be
on the honor system about whether or not there is a reason why they cannot wear a Face
Covering. Everyone in this state is asked to tell the truth and-ifthey are healthy and
able to wear a mask-to wear a Face Covering so that they do not put other people at
risk of serious illness and death.
E. How Businesses May Accommodate Exceptions. If a customer states that an
exception applies, a business may choose to offer curbside service, provide home
delivery, or use some other reasonable measure to deliver its good or services.
F. Enforcement of Face Covering Requirements.
1. Citations under this Section shall be written only to businesses or organizations
that fail to enforce the requirement to wear Face Coverings. Operators of
businesses and organizations are entitled to rely on their customers or patrons'
statements about whether or not they are excepted from the Face Covering
requirements, and businesses and organizations do not violate this Executive
Order if they rely on such statements.
2. Law enforcement personnel are not authorized to criminally enforce the Face
Covering requirements of this Executive Order against individual workers,
customers, or patrons.
3. However, if a business or organization does not allow entry to a worker,
customer, or patron because that person refuses to wear a Face Covering, and if
that worker, customer, or patron enters the premises or refuses to leave the
premises, law enforcement personnel may enforce the trespassing laws and any
other laws (other than N.C. Gen. Stat.§ 14-288.20A) that the worker, customer,