{"id":"MET-BNA-071","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Shelby County, Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"BNA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer)","authority":"Emergency management authority vested in Shelby County; public health emergency authority vested in the Shelby County Health Department; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609","instrument":"Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at Home","title":"Health Directive No. 16, Safer at Home (all businesses except those listed required to close physical locations to the public; retail and gyms 50 percent; indoor dining 25 percent; 10:00 p.m. cutoff)","dateIssued":"2020-12-21","effective":"2020-12-26 12:01 a.m.","end":"2021-01-22 11:59 p.m. (by its terms; followed by Health Directive No. 17 and No. 18, MET-BNA-073)","startDate":"2020-12-26","endDate":"2021-01-22","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","CAP","GATH","CURF","ALC","EVT","EMP","MASK","TELE","SCH"],"addressees":["all residents","all owners and operators of businesses and services","employers","restaurants","retail and grocery","gyms","personal care businesses","daycare","event organizers"],"clause":"For the period beginning December 26, 2020, at 12:01 am, to January 22, 2021, at 11:59 pm: 1) All residents are strongly urged to shelter at home (\u0022Safer at Home\u0022) as much as possible. 2) All owners and operators of businesses and services must cooperate with health authorities\u0027 efforts to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. 3) Employers should ask non-essential employees to stay home and implement telecommuting practices as much as feasible. 4) Employers shall not allow any employee to come to a workplace if the employee has any symptoms of COVID-19.... 6) All previously approved events that were to occur during the effective dates of this \u0022Safer at Home\u0022 should reschedule their event or contact the Health Department to determine whether their event may still proceed. 7) All businesses except those listed below in Paragraph 9 are required to close their physical locations to the public.... Grocery stores, retail stores, and food cultivation businesses. Any of these businesses that are open to the public shall only operate at 50% capacity.... Gyms, fitness centers, and exercise facilities may operate but capacity must not exceed 50% (including staff).... Indoor seating must not exceed 25% capacity of the establishment.... All food and beverage service shall close at 10 pm.","enforcement":"Health Department enforcement; the Directive and Face Mask Directive No. 4 together supersede all other written or oral Health Directives","functions":["SF unlisted businesses closed to the public","SF retail and gyms 50 percent","SF indoor dining 25 percent with six-person same-household tables and 90-minute limit","REV 10:00 p.m. cutoff; bar counters closed; no dancing","WF telecommuting; symptomatic employees excluded","EVT approved events rescheduled","CB masks per Face Mask Directive No. 4"],"notes":"Personal care businesses by appointment only; daycare open with priority for children of parents working in essential services; transportation, logistics, veterinary and agricultural businesses listed as permitted; curbside, drive-thru and delivery permitted for closed businesses where legally allowed.","sourceUrl":"https://www.shelbytnhealth.com/DocumentCenter/View/2009","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210104212018/https://www.shelbytnhealth.com/DocumentCenter/View/2009","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":340568,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BNA","url":"/library/MET-BNA-071","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-BNA-071","citation":"Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, DNP, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., M.P.H., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 16: Formal Issuance of Safer at Home (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-071)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["MET-BNA-073","MET-BNA-074","SEC-20-GM-039"]}