{"id":"MET-BNA-077","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Shelby County, Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"BNA","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Shelby County Health Department","authority":"Emergency management authority vested in Shelby County; public health emergency authority of the Shelby County Health Department","instrument":"Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department\u0027s sequence)","title":"School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)","dateIssued":"","effective":"2021-08","end":"Carried into Health Orders Nos. 25-27; enforced under the G.S. v. Lee injunction from September 3 and 17, 2021","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["all K-12 schools","pre-K schools","daycare facilities","teachers, staff, students and visitors"],"clause":"requiring \u0022all K-12, Pre-K schools, and Daycare facilities to require universal indoor masking for all teachers, staff, students, and visitors to the schools, regardless of vaccination status.\u0022 (as quoted in S.B. v. Lee, MET-BNA-080 at 15-16, quoting G.S. v. Lee, 2021 WL 4057812, at *3 (W.D. Tenn. Sept. 3, 2021))","enforcement":"Health Department enforcement; federal injunction (MET-BNA-084) after September 17, 2021","functions":["WF schools and daycares: universal indoor masking compelled","CB visitors masked"],"notes":"G.S. v. Lee, No. 2:21-cv-02552-SHL-atc (W.D. Tenn.), as recited in S.B. v. Lee: after Governor Lee issued Executive Order No. 84 on August 16, 2021, the Department abandoned its mask mandate to the extent of the opt-out, viewing the Governor\u0027s order as an executive exception; the September 17, 2021 preliminary injunction restored it (\u0022As a result of Executive Order No. 84, local education agencies... falling under the jurisdiction of Shelby County Health Department\u0027s directive could no longer require all students to be masked.\u0022).","sourceUrl":"https://www.shelbytnhealth.com/healthdirectives","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-BNA","url":"/library/MET-BNA-077","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department\u0027s sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["MET-BNA-080","MET-BNA-084","SEC-25-GM-013","SEC-25-GM-014","SEC-25-GM-054"]}