{"id":"AL-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Health Officer Scott Harris","authority":"Ala. Code § 22-2-2(4)","instrument":"Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended March 20, 2020","title":"Amendment limiting the gathering prohibition to non-work gatherings, directing employers to meet the standards, closing in-person instruction and child-care facilities with 12 or more children in a room","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"amended March 27, 2020 (Ex. AL-011)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-03-27","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","CLOSE","SCH","HC","ALC","EMP"],"addressees":["the public","employers","schools","child day care facilities","hospitals and long-term care facilities","restaurants and bars"],"clause":"Effective today, all non-work related gatherings of 25 persons or more, or non-work related gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent six-foot distance between persons, are prohibited. Employers shall take all reasonable steps to meet these standards for employees and customers.... 4. Effective today, the following shall be closed: a. In-person instruction or classes at all schools, public and private... b. Facilities providing child day care... at which 12 or more children are in a room or other enclosed or separated space at the same time.","enforcement":"Ala. Code § 22-2-2(4); Jefferson and Mobile County Health Officers \u0027authorized, after approval by the State Health Officer, to implement more stringent measures\u0027","functions":["GATH","EMP employer-directed distancing","WF (schools and child care)","DR","VS","PR"],"notes":"The employer-directed sentence (\u0027Employers shall take all reasonable steps to meet these standards for employees and customers\u0027) is the first Alabama workplace mandate.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-publicgathering-032020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":124318,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-006","citation":"State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AL-006)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-011","AL-005","DUT-AL-001","AL-003","AL-016","AL-020","AL-021"]}