{"id":"AL-045","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey","authority":"Ala. Code § 22-2-2; §§ 31-9-6(1), 31-9-13","instrument":"Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended March 4, 2021 (with technical revisions dated March 12, 2021) (Safer at Home)","title":"Final Safer at Home order: mask mandate and employer code extended to April 9, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.; restaurant party-size limit removed and hospital visitation raised to two caregivers or visitors effective March 6; senior centers may resume outdoors March 8; camps March 6","dateIssued":"2021-03-04","effective":"2021-03-06 (restaurants, hospitals, camps); 2021-03-08 (senior centers); otherwise continuing","end":"2021-04-09 5:00 p.m.","startDate":"2021-03-06","endDate":"2021-04-09","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","EMP","TELE","GATH","SCH","HC","ALC","QUAR"],"addressees":["each person","employers","retail","close-contact providers","athletic facilities","entertainment venues","schools","child care","camps","senior centers","hospitals and long-term care","food service establishments"],"clause":"17. Hospitals and similar institutions. Effective March 6, 2021, all Hospitals and Nursing Home/Long Term Care Facilities... shall ensure that each patient or resident may be accompanied by as many as two caregivers at a time... 19. Restaurants and similar establishments. Effective March 6, 2021, all food service establishments and retail food stores... shall operate as follows:... d.... shall maintain at least six feet of separation between people seated at different tables, booths, chairs, or stools.... 20. Duration. This Order shall remain in full force and effect until 5:00 P.M. on April 9, 2021","enforcement":"Ala. Code §§ 31-9-14, 31-9-22 via Ex. AL-044","functions":["DR (spacing; party-size limit removed)","VS","every public-facing function (masks to April 9)","OP/OF","WF"],"notes":"Alabama\u0027s mask mandate and mandatory employer code were in force on the first day of the second quarter of 2021 and for its first nine days.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-adph-cov-gatherings-030421.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":173580,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-045","citation":"State Health Officer Scott Harris; promulgated by Governor Ivey, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended March 4, 2021 (with technical revisions dated March 12, 2021) (Safer at Home) (Mar. 4, 2021) (Ex. AL-045)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["DUT-AL-019","AL-043","AL-044","AL-046","AL-047","AL-049","AL-051","AL-040"]}