{"id":"AL-051","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 May 3, 2021 (Safer Apart)","title":"Final statewide health order: Safer Apart extended to 11:59 p.m. May 31, 2021; hospital and long-term care visitation under current CMS guidance from May 3","dateIssued":"2021-05-03","effective":"2021-05-03","end":"2021-05-31 11:59 p.m. (expired; not renewed)","startDate":"2021-05-03","endDate":"2021-05-31","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["QUAR","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["persons who test positive","senior centers","hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities","employers and businesses (encouraged)"],"clause":"7. Hospitals and similar institutions. Effective May 3, 2021, all Hospitals and Nursing Home/Long Term Care Facilities... shall ensure that each patient or resident may be accompanied by caregivers or receive visits from visitors subject to reasonable restrictions... consistent with the current guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).... 8. Duration. This Order shall remain in full force and effect until 11:59 P.M. on May 31, 2021, unless extended, rescinded, or modified in writing before that time.","enforcement":"Ala. Code §§ 31-9-14, 31-9-22 via Ex. AL-050","functions":["VS","RS","WF (quarantine)"],"notes":"The last statewide order; after May 31, 2021 Alabama had no statewide health order until the August 13, 2021 emergency proclamation.","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-adph-cov-safer-apart-050321.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":189572,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-051","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 May 3, 2021 (Safer Apart) (Ex. AL-051)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-049","AL-050","DUT-AL-002","DUT-AL-003","AL-045"]}