The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ala. Code § 22-2-2; §§ 31-9-6(1), 31-9-13
- Issued
- 2020-11-05 Nov. 5, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-08
- End
- 2020-12-11 5:00 p.m. by its terms; amended December 9, 2020 (Ex. AL-040) (read as 2020-12-11)
- In force
- Nov. 8, 2020 to Dec. 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- retail stores
- close-contact providers
- athletic facilities
- entertainment venues
- food service establishments
- each person
- employers
- schools
- child care
- hospitals and long-term care
- Functions reached
- SF (spacing or partitions)
- SL
- FC
- PE
- DR (party size 8; spacing)
- OP/OF
- WF
- VS
- Collection
- Alabama AL
Operative words
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
Notes
The winter 2020-21 regime: Alabama held its mask mandate and spacing rules rather than re-closing; the numerical occupancy caps ended here.
Retrieval noteText-layer PDF; read by diff; absence of any 'occupancy' term confirmed by grep.