{"id":"AL-011","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 27, 2020","title":"Non-essential business closures: entertainment venues, athletic facilities, close-contact service providers and six retail categories closed; gatherings of 10 or more prohibited; all dental, medical and surgical procedures postponed except emergencies","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-28 5:00 p.m.","end":"2020-04-17 5:00 p.m. by its terms; superseded by the Stay at Home Order effective April 4, 2020 (Ex. AL-013), which carried every closure forward","startDate":"2020-03-28","endDate":"2020-04-17","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","GATH","SCH","HC","ALC","EMP"],"addressees":["the public","employers","entertainment venues","athletic facilities","close-contact service providers","furniture, clothing, jewelry, department, sporting-goods and book/craft/music stores","schools and child care","hospitals and long-term care facilities","health care providers","restaurants and bars"],"clause":"1. Effective March 28, 2020 at 5:00 P.M., all non-work related gatherings of 10 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. 2. Effective March 28, 2020 at 5:00 P.M., the following \u0027non-essential\u0027 businesses, venues, and activities shall be closed to non-employees or not take place: a. Entertainment venues... b. Athletic facilities and activities... c. Close-contact service providers... d. Retail stores as follows: (1) Furniture and home-furnishings stores (2) Clothing, shoe, and clothing-accessory stores (3) Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (4) Department stores (5) Sporting goods stores (6) Book, craft, and music stores... 7. Effective March 28, 2020 at 5:00 P.M., all dental, medical, or surgical procedures shall be postponed until further notice, subject to the following exceptions","enforcement":"Ala. Code § 22-2-2(4); \u0027This Order supersedes and preempts all orders previously issued by the State Health Officer and Jefferson and Mobile County Health Officers\u0027; penalty not recited","functions":["SF sales floor (six retail categories closed)","FC facilities","PE performances","SL salon services","PR elective procedures","SX surgery","CH chairside dental care","GATH","WF","DR","VS"],"notes":"Alabama\u0027s closure order. The Governor\u0027s statement of March 27 described it as closing \u0027non-essential businesses\u0027 through April 17. The signed scan (this exhibit) was read from the ADPH unsigned text copy of the same order (order-adph-cov-gatherings-032720.pdf).","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-socialdistancing-signed-032720.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1815738,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-011","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 27, 2020 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AL-011)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-013","AL-005","AL-006","AL-092","DUT-AL-001","AL-003","AL-016","AL-020","AL-021"]}