Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at Home

The record

Jurisdiction

Shelby County, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee

Level

County

Authority

Emergency management authority vested in Shelby County; public health emergency authority vested in the Shelby County Health Department; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609

Issued

2020-12-21 Dec. 21, 2020

Effective

2020-12-26 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-12-26)

End

2021-01-22 11:59 p.m. (by its terms; followed by Health Directive No. 17 and No. 18, MET-BNA-073) (read as 2021-01-22)

In force

Dec. 26, 2020 to Jan. 22, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all residents
• all owners and operators of businesses and services
• employers
• restaurants
• retail and grocery
• gyms
• personal care businesses
• daycare
• event organizers

Functions reached

• SF unlisted businesses closed to the public
• SF retail and gyms 50 percent
• SF indoor dining 25 percent with six-person same-household tables and 90-minute limit
• REV 10:00 p.m. cutoff; bar counters closed; no dancing
• WF telecommuting; symptomatic employees excluded
• EVT approved events rescheduled
• CB masks per Face Mask Directive No. 4

Collection

Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

For the period beginning December 26, 2020, at 12:01 am, to January 22, 2021, at 11:59 pm: 1) All residents are strongly urged to shelter at home ("Safer at Home") as much as possible. 2) All owners and operators of businesses and services must cooperate with health authorities' efforts to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. 3) Employers should ask non-essential employees to stay home and implement telecommuting practices as much as feasible. 4) Employers shall not allow any employee to come to a workplace if the employee has any symptoms of COVID-19.... 6) All previously approved events that were to occur during the effective dates of this "Safer at Home" should reschedule their event or contact the Health Department to determine whether their event may still proceed. 7) All businesses except those listed below in Paragraph 9 are required to close their physical locations to the public.... Grocery stores, retail stores, and food cultivation businesses. Any of these businesses that are open to the public shall only operate at 50% capacity.... Gyms, fitness centers, and exercise facilities may operate but capacity must not exceed 50% (including staff).... Indoor seating must not exceed 25% capacity of the establishment.... All food and beverage service shall close at 10 pm.

Enforcement

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