{"id":"TN-051","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Supreme Court","authority":"Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 16-3-501 to -504; Tenn. Sup. Ct. R. 49","instrument":"In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business","title":"Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business","dateIssued":"2021-08-26","effective":"Aug. 26, 2021","end":"\u0027until further order of this Court\u0027","startDate":"2021-08-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["judicial districts and judges; all participants in proceedings"],"clause":"1) The Court reemphasizes that judicial districts and individual judges retain the authority to require facial coverings. The Court strongly encourages each judicial district to consider implementing facial covering requirements as recommended by current CDC guidance... 2) Judges shall not require or allow any individual who has tested positive for COVID-19 to appear or be present in court. Individuals who have come into close contact with someone who has COVID-19, persons with COVID-19 symptoms, or those who have tested positive... [shall not appear]... Unless otherwise noted herein, the provisions of this order shall remain in place until further order of this Court.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court","functions":["CT Q3 2021: positives and exposed persons excluded from every Tennessee courtroom; districts authorized to reimpose masks; the judicial state of emergency declared Mar. 13, 2020 continuing","QUAR exclusion of exposed persons"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 instrument with force of law reaching every lawyer, litigant, lender, landlord and insurer with business before Tennessee\u0027s courts; a separate concurring and dissenting order was filed the same day","sourceUrl":"https://www.tncourts.gov/sites/default/files/docs/tsc_-_order_re_masking.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211022022258/https://www.hamiltontn.gov/PDF/courts/TSC%20COVID-19%20Order%20filed%208-26-21.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":190178,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-051","citation":"Tennessee Supreme Court, In re: COVID-19 Pandemic, No. ADM2020-00428, Order Encouraging Facial Coverings and Alternative Methods of Conducting Business (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. TN-051)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-085"]}