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Amended and Restated Order 1 from the Chief Medical Director

Amended and Restated Order 1 (bars and restaurants: no on-premises consumption)

Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health, Metro Public Health Department · Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metropolitan Government) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (Metropolitan Government) · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Declaration of Public Health Emergency adopted by the Board of Health for Nashville and Davidson County on March 15, 2020; Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-2-601, 68-2-603, 68-2-609
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20 8:00 p.m. (Order 1 issued and effective March 17, 2020) (read as 2020-03-20)
End
2020-05-10 (superseded by Order 5, issued May 8, 2020, effective May 11, 2020) (read as 2020-05-10)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to May 10, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • bars (primary business alcohol service)
  • food service establishments
  • auxiliary food service operations
Functions reached
  • SF dining room and bar closed to on-premises consumption
  • CB customers limited to take-out and delivery
  • REV on-premises alcohol sales ended
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

shall not allow customers to consume food or beverage on the premises until further notice. Nothing in this Section prohibits an individual, organization or entity that possesses the necessary licenses and permits from opening for business subject to the limitation of providing only those services attendant to: i) The preparation of food or beverage; ii) Receiving call-in orders; iii) Providing take-out, window, drive-through or curb-side service; iv) Providing room service; v) Providing off-premises delivery and sale of prepared food or beverage.

Enforcement

Order of the county health officer under Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609; Metro Government enforcement recited in successor orders (Order 6 § 11: all available enforcement options)

Notes

Defines bars by Tenn. Code Ann. § 57-4-102(22)(A)(iii) (gross food revenue 50 percent or less of alcohol revenue) and food service establishments by § 68-14-703(9). Hotel room service permitted.

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; read from rendered page image. Signed 3/20/2020.