Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville
  3. MET-BNA-019

Ex. MET-BNA-019 Order Primary source read

Order 13 from the Interim Chief Medical Director

Order 13 (crowd sizes above ten indoors or 25 outdoors prohibited; seated bar service only; entry ends 1:00 a.m.; closed 2:00-5:00 a.m.; venues 25-33 percent of ticketed capacity)

Dr. Gill C. Wright, III, Interim Chief Medical Director of Health · Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (County)

Open exhibit (PDF, 339 KB)Source (opens in a new tab)
The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Declaration of Public Health Emergency of March 15, 2020; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609
Issued
2021-03-24 Mar. 24, 2021
Effective
2021-03-26 12:01 a.m. CDT (read as 2021-03-26)
End
2021-04-16 (Order 14, Modified Phase Four); Order 14 rescinded by Order 15 effective May 14, 2021 (read as 2021-04-16)
In force
Mar. 26, 2021 to Apr. 16, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • restaurants and bars
  • retail (75 percent of store occupancy)
  • close-contact personal care
  • entertainment and sports venues
  • the public
Functions reached
  • GATH crowd limit 10/25
  • SF seated bar service only
  • REV entry and service cutoffs
  • SF venue capacity 25-33 percent
  • WF masks per Order 8
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

Crowd sizes of more than 10 people indoors or 25 outdoors are prohibited, except for places of worship and as otherwise specified in this Order.... Bar-counter areas may operate at up to the number of customers that may be seated in compliance with CDC guidance on social distancing between parties.... No customer is allowed to stand at the bar.... No customer shall be allowed to enter the premises after 1:00 a.m. CDT except to order or pick up take-out food or beverage.... All customers shall be off premises and the premise closed to the public between 2:00 a.m. CDT and 5:00 a.m. CDT.... Spectators shall be limited to 25% of ticketed capacity, subject to advance written approval by the Metropolitan Health Department.... Events at outdoor venues or spaces shall be limited to 33% of ticketed capacity.

Enforcement

Metro Government enforcement; MPHD advance written approval for venue events

Notes

Retail and commercial at 75 percent of store occupancy; close-contact personal care at 100 percent with appointments and Order 8 masks; alcohol for on-premises consumption served only to seated customers; live music ends 1:30 a.m.; party size 10 indoors/25 outdoors at tables and in vehicles for hire.

Retrieval note

Nineteen pages with text layer; Signed 3/24/2021.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.