Directive No. 1 of the Hamilton County Health Officer

The record

Jurisdiction

Hamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga) · Tennessee

Level

County

Authority

'pursuant to the laws of the State of Tennessee' (Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-2-601 to -609; EO 30/38 ¶ 13.c preserving the six locally run county health departments' authority; EO 54 ¶ 5)

Issued

2020-07-10 July 10, 2020

Effective

12:01 a.m. July 10, 2020 (read as 2020-07-10)

End

Sept. 8, 2020 (¶ 11), succeeded by Directive No. 2 (Sept. 8, 2020) and No. 3 (Oct. 9-Nov. 22, 2020) and later directives (read as 2020-09-08)

In force

July 10, 2020 to Sept. 8, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all persons in Hamilton County
• businesses (enforcement duty)

Functions reached

• SF/EMP every business in Chattanooga and Hamilton County required to enforce masking on customers and staff
• CB customers
• WF employees (exemption for solitary office work)

Collection

Tennessee TN

Operative words

1. Effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 10, 2020, all persons in Hamilton County shall wear a facial covering or mask which covers the mouth and nose at all times when indoors in all public and private buildings and when outdoors except under the following exceptions... 5. Any business failing to enforce this Directive or person refusing to leave an establishment when requested due to no facial covering will be subject to civil citations for their violation of this Directive... 10. Violations of this Directive by businesses and/or individuals shall be punishable by citation issued by the Hamilton County Health Department and/or criminally by local law enforcement as a Class C misdemeanor. 11. This Directive shall remain in effect until Tuesday, September 8, 2020.

Enforcement

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