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In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business

Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business

Tennessee Supreme Court · Tennessee (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
Court
Authority
Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49
Issued
2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
Effective
Aug. 26, 2021 (read as 2021-08-26)
End
'until further order of this Court' (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 26, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • judicial districts and judges; all participants in proceedings
Functions reached
  • CT Q3 2021: positives and exposed persons excluded from every Tennessee courtroom; districts authorized to reimpose masks; the judicial state of emergency declared Mar. 13, 2020 continuing
  • QUAR exclusion of exposed persons
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

1) The Court reemphasizes that judicial districts and individual judges retain the authority to require facial coverings. The Court strongly encourages each judicial district to consider implementing facial covering requirements as recommended by current CDC guidance... 2) Judges shall not require or allow any individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 to appear or be present in court. Individuals who have come into close contact with someone who has COVID-19, persons with COVID-19 symptoms, or those who have tested positive... [shall not appear]... Unless otherwise noted herein, the provisions of this order shall remain in place until further order of this Court.

Enforcement

Order of the Supreme Court

Notes

A Q3 2021 instrument with force of law reaching every lawyer, litigant, lender, landlord and insurer with business before Tennessee's courts; a separate concurring and dissenting order was filed the same day

Retrieval note

Identical text retrieved from tncourts.gov (tsc_-_order_re_masking.pdf, capture Aug. 27, 2021) and from the Hamilton County courts' copy.