{"id":"MET-BNA-025","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"BNA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health","authority":"Declaration of Public Health Emergency of March 15, 2020; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609","instrument":"Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8, Cloth Face Coverings or Masks Guidance","title":"Order 16 (rescinding the face-covering order effective noon May 14, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-05-14","effective":"2021-05-14 12:00 p.m. CDT","end":"","startDate":"2021-05-14","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["the public","businesses"],"clause":"NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED by the Interim Chief Medical Director of Health for Nashville and Davidson County, that Amended and Restated Order 8 issued on April 9, 2021 is hereby rescinded and no longer in effect. This Order is hereby issued and effective at noon CDT on May 14, 2021.","enforcement":"","functions":["End of MPHD mask mandate"],"notes":"Recitals: 98,771 cases and 914 fatalities as of May 14, 2021; CDC announcement of May 13, 2021; 36.5 percent of Davidson County fully vaccinated; no standardized way to verify self-professed vaccination, making enforcement of masking by unvaccinated individuals impractical.","sourceUrl":"https://www.asafenashville.org/public-health-orders/","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108628,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BNA","url":"/library/MET-BNA-025","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BNA-025","citation":"Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health, Order 16 from the Interim Chief Medical Director: Rescinding Amended and Restated Order 8, Cloth Face Coverings or Masks Guidance (May 14, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-025)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["MET-BNA-009","MET-BNA-023","SEC-18-GM-006","SEC-18-GM-035","MET-BNA-024","MET-BNA-022","MET-BNA-019","MET-BNA-026","MET-BNA-018"]}