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Ex. MET-BNA-032 Order Primary source read

Knox County Health Department Order adopting Executive Orders 30 and 31 and the Knox County phased reopening

Reopening Order (Phase One; effective 8:00 a.m. EDT May 1, 2020)

Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Director and Health Officer · Knox County, Tennessee (County)

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Jurisdiction
Knox County, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Governor's Executive Order No. 30 (April 28, 2020) § 1(c) preserving the authority of the six locally run county health departments; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609
Issued
2020-05-01 May 1, 2020
Effective
2020-05-01 8:00 a.m. EDT (read as 2020-05-01)
End
Amended for Phase Two May 22, 2020 (MET-BNA-046); Knox County thereafter followed the Governor's Executive Orders Nos. 38 and 50 with Board of Health regulations layered on from July 1, 2020 (read as 2020-05-22)
In force
May 1, 2020 to May 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses reopening in Knox County
  • the public
Functions reached
  • SF capacity-limited reopening by phase
  • WF screening and masking guidelines made conditions of reopening
  • CB phase-specific public practices
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

Let it therefore be ordered by the Knox County Health Director, that Knox County adopts the... Executive Orders 30 and 31 regarding the following:... services shall be reopened to the public in Knox County effective 08:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on this Date of May 1, 2020... This order shall be effective and enforceable at 08:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, on May 1, 2020, and shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time although it is anticipated that in the near future additional business guidelines will allow for reopening of additional businesses safely, at which time this Order will be amended.

Enforcement

Order of the county health officer; enforceable from 8:00 a.m. May 1, 2020

Notes

Incorporates the Knox County Community Strategy (MET-BNA-033): Phase One at 50 percent capacity for restaurants and retail; persons of elevated vulnerability directed to stay home in Phases One and Two; services that cannot be performed with distancing (e.g., certain personal services) not performed in Phase One.

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