{"id":"AL-038","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey","authority":"Ala. Code § 22-2-2; §§ 31-9-6(1), 31-9-13","instrument":"Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended November 5, 2020 (Safer at Home)","title":"Extension to December 11, 2020; 50 percent occupancy caps at retail, athletic facilities and entertainment venues removed effective November 8, 2020 in favor of six-foot spacing or impermeable partitions; restaurant party-size limit and spacing retained","dateIssued":"2020-11-05","effective":"2020-11-08","end":"2020-12-11 5:00 p.m. by its terms; amended December 9, 2020 (Ex. AL-040)","startDate":"2020-11-08","endDate":"2020-12-11","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["MASK","EMP","TELE","GATH","SCH","HC","ALC","QUAR"],"addressees":["retail stores","close-contact providers","athletic facilities","entertainment venues","food service establishments","each person","employers","schools","child care","hospitals and long-term care"],"clause":"7. Retailers. Effective November 8, 2020, all retail stores shall comply with the following rules: a. Social distancing. An employee of the retail store may not knowingly allow customers or patrons to congregate within six feet of a person from another household... 8. Close-contact service providers. Effective November 8, 2020... clients or persons accompanying a client who are not from the same household may be closer than six feet apart if they (i) are complying with the facial-covering requirement in paragraph 2 and (ii) are separated by curtains or other partitions, as large as practicable, that are impermeable to respiratory droplets and aerosols.... 19.... d. Insofar as such establishments offer on-premises consumption of food or drink, they shall limit the party size at tables to no more than eight persons and maintain at least six feet of separation between people seated at different tables... 20. Duration. This Order shall remain in full force and effect until 5:00 P.M. on December 11, 2020","enforcement":"Ala. Code §§ 31-9-14, 31-9-22 via Ex. AL-037","functions":["SF (spacing or partitions)","SL","FC","PE","DR (party size 8; spacing)","OP/OF","WF","VS"],"notes":"The winter 2020-21 regime: Alabama held its mask mandate and spacing rules rather than re-closing; the numerical occupancy caps ended here.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-adph-cov-gatherings-110520.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":173592,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-038","citation":"State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended November 5, 2020 (Safer at Home) (Nov. 5, 2020) (Ex. AL-038)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-040","AL-034","AL-037","AL-043","AL-032"]}