{"id":"MET-STL-005","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of St. Louis, Missouri","state":"MO","metro":"STL","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Fredrick Echols, M.D., Director of Health and Hospitals/Health Commissioner","authority":"Charter of the City of St. Louis art. XIII, § 14-C(c); 19 CSR 20-20.050(c)","instrument":"Health Commissioner\u0027s Order No. 4","title":"Order prohibiting all public and private events and gatherings with more than 10 attendees","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20 12:01 a.m.","end":"Subsumed by the Stay Home Order No. 5 (effective Mar. 23, 2020) and Order No. 7; replaced by Order No. 8 effective May 18, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2020-03-23","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","EVT","EMP"],"addressees":["the public","event organizers","businesses permitted to remain open"],"clause":"Effective 12:01 a.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020, all public and private events and gatherings with more than 10 attendees are prohibited; including conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other assemblies are forbidden; this paragraph does not include the day to day operations of schools, institutes of higher learning, and businesses. For the avoidance of doubt, businesses providing food, food processing, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, construction, trash collection, retails, grocery and consumer goods, home repair/hardware and auto repair, pharmacy, and other medical facilities, biomedical and healthcare, post offices, insurance, banks, gas stations, laundromats, veterinary clinics and pet stores, warehousing, storage, and distribution, public transportation, child care facilities, hotels, and commercial lodging may remain open, subject to limitations provided in prior orders, but must to the extent practicable, implement Centers for Disease Control guidance.","enforcement":"No penalty clause in the order; RSMo § 192.320","functions":["MK events","GATH","EMP workplace rules (CDC guidance mandated \u0027to the extent practicable\u0027)","CB"],"notes":"The 10-person cap reached every meeting, training, worship service, wedding and sporting event in the City from March 20, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/health/communicable-disease/covid-19/documents/upload/Health-Commission-s-Order-4-03-20-2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":59196,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-STL","url":"/library/MET-STL-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-STL-005","citation":"Fredrick Echols, M.D., Director of Health and Hospitals/Health Commissioner, Health Commissioner\u0027s Order No. 4 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-STL-005)","stateName":"Missouri","related":["MET-STL-004","MET-STL-006","MET-STL-003","MET-STL-002","MET-STL-007","MET-STL-008","MET-STL-009","MET-STL-010","MET-STL-011"]}