The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ala. Code § 22-2-2(4)
- Issued
- 2020-03-27 Mar. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-28 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-28)
- End
- 2020-04-17 5:00 p.m. by its terms; superseded by the Stay at Home Order effective April 4, 2020 (Ex. AL-013), which carried every closure forward (read as 2020-04-17)
- In force
- Mar. 28, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- the public
- employers
- entertainment venues
- athletic facilities
- close-contact service providers
- furniture, clothing, jewelry, department, sporting-goods and book/craft/music stores
- schools and child care
- hospitals and long-term care facilities
- health care providers
- restaurants and bars
- Functions reached
- SF sales floor (six retail categories closed)
- FC facilities
- PE performances
- SL salon services
- PR elective procedures
- SX surgery
- CH chairside dental care
- GATH
- WF
- DR
- VS
- Collection
- Alabama AL
Operative words
1. Effective March 28, 2020 at 5:00 P.M., all non-work related gatherings of 10 persons or more, or non-work related gatherings of any size that cannot maintain a consistent six-foot distance between persons, are prohibited. Employers shall take all reasonable steps to meet these standards for employees and customers. 2. Effective March 28, 2020 at 5:00 P.M., the following 'non-essential' businesses, venues, and activities shall be closed to non-employees or not take place: a. Entertainment venues... b. Athletic facilities and activities... c. Close-contact service providers... d. Retail stores as follows: (1) Furniture and home-furnishings stores (2) Clothing, shoe, and clothing-accessory stores (3) Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (4) Department stores (5) Sporting goods stores (6) Book, craft, and music stores... 7. Effective March 28, 2020 at 5:00 P.M., all dental, medical, or surgical procedures shall be postponed until further notice, subject to the following exceptions
Enforcement
Ala. Code § 22-2-2(4); 'This Order supersedes and preempts all orders previously issued by the State Health Officer and Jefferson and Mobile County Health Officers'; penalty not recited
Notes
Alabama's closure order. The Governor's statement of March 27 described it as closing 'non-essential businesses' through April 17. The signed scan (this exhibit) was read from the ADPH unsigned text copy of the same order (order-adph-cov-gatherings-032720.pdf).
Retrieval noteText read from the ADPH text-layer copy at https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/order-adph-cov-gatherings-032720.pdf (identical text; unsigned).