The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Knox County, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-2-601(f), 68-2-603(b) (county board of health may adopt rules and regulations necessary to protect public health); Governor's Executive Order No. 38 (May 22, 2020) reserving local authority; Knox County Code §§ 38-32(f), 38-33(a)
- Issued
- 2020-07-01 July 1, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-03
- End
- 2021-04-13 (expired upon dissolution of the Board of Health; replaced by KCHD Regulation 2021-1, MET-BNA-043) (read as 2021-04-13)
- In force
- July 3, 2020 to Apr. 13, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- every person age twelve or older in any indoor public place
- places of employment
- restaurants
- retail
- places of worship (exempt during services)
- Functions reached
- CB customer masking in every indoor public place
- WF employee masking in places of employment
- SF signage
- Collection
- Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA
Operative words
4. Except as provided in Paragraph 5 of this Regulation, no person age twelve (12) years or older shall be within six (6) feet of any other person, other than a person residing in the same household, in any indoor public place within Knox County without wearing a face covering.
Enforcement
Regulation of the county board of health; violations subject to orders, injunctions and other remedies of the Health Director under Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-2-608, 68-2-609; misdemeanor under § 68-2-602
Notes
Defines place of employment to include work areas, private offices, conference rooms, classrooms and vehicles; restaurant includes bar areas; shopping malls and service lines covered. Exemptions in Paragraph 5 (medical conditions, hearing impairment, eating and drinking, worship services).
Retrieval noteSeven pages; scanned; read from rendered images (pp. 1-7). Adopted July 1, 2020.