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Executive Order No. 14

An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and Containment of COVID-19 (state of emergency declaration)

Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee (State)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Const.; Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107 (Tennessee Emergency Management Act)
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12
End
Superseded by EO 15 (Mar. 19, 2020); the emergency it declared was continued by EO 36, 50, 55, 59, 63, 67, 73, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88 and 90 and expired 11:59 p.m. Nov. 19, 2021 (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chain
Addressees
  • State agencies
  • health care professionals
  • pharmacists
  • carriers
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate for every later order
  • SC supply chain (price controls; oversize-load waivers for emergency supplies)
  • HC out-of-state practitioners; alternate testing sites
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

I, Bill Lee, Governor of the State of Tennessee... do hereby declare a state of emergency exists to facilitate the response to COVID-19 and order the following: 1. The Commissioner of Health... shall implement the Tennessee Emergency Management Plan (TEMP)...; 7.... persons are prohibited from charging any other person a price for medical supplies or emergency supplies... that is grossly in excess of the price generally charged...

Enforcement

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120 (violation of an order under Title 58, ch. 2 is a Class A misdemeanor); price-gouging provision under Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-18-5103

Notes

Predicate declaration; every closure, stay-home, gathering and mask order below recites this emergency

Retrieval note

Signed Mar. 12, 2020 (attestation date on the order).

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