{"id":"AL-003","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama (Blount, St. Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties)","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Health Officer Scott Harris","authority":"Ala. Code § 22-3-5(2) (county health officer\u0027s power to institute immediate measures) exercised by the State Health Officer under § 22-2-2(7) for counties without a county health officer","instrument":"Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties)","title":"Order suspending gatherings of 25 or more, closing senior centers, private schools and child care, barring nursing-home visitation and ending on-premises restaurant and bar service in five counties","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17 5:00 p.m. (gatherings; restaurants); 2020-03-18 (senior centers; close of business for schools and child care)","end":"superseded by the statewide order of March 19, 2020 (Ex. AL-005)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-03-19","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","CLOSE","SCH","HC","ALC"],"addressees":["the public","restaurants, bars, breweries and food service establishments","private schools, preschools and child-care centers","nursing homes and long-term care facilities","senior centers"],"clause":"Effective today, March 17, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., all gatherings of 25 persons or more, or gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent six-foot distance between persons, are prohibited until further notice.... Effective today, March 17, 2020, at 5:00 P.M., any restaurant, bar, brewery or Priority Category 3 food service establishment shall not permit on-premises consumption of food or drink for one week.","enforcement":"\u0027This Order shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the existence of the current emergency conditions\u0027; penalty provision not recited in the order","functions":["DR dining room","BA bar","GATH events","WF (schools and child care closed)","VS visitation"],"notes":"Private schools through 12th grade and child-care centers with 12 or more children closed from the close of business March 18 until April 6, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-adph-cov-gatherings-031720.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":158154,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-003","citation":"State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AL-003)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-005","SEC-21-GM-035","SEC-21-GM-036","SEC-21-GM-045","AL-091","AL-006","AL-011","AL-016","AL-020","AL-021"]}