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Order 4 from the Chief Medical Director: Cloth Face Coverings or Masks

Order 4 (cloth face coverings: businesses shall require employee masks; public directed to wear them)

Dr. Michael C. Caldwell, Chief Medical Director of Health · Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (County)

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Jurisdiction
Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Declaration of Public Health Emergency of March 15, 2020; Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609
Issued
2020-04-30 Apr. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-05-01
End
2020-05-31 (amended; superseded by Order 8 on June 28, 2020, which recites that it supersedes and replaces Amended and Reinstated Order 4) (read as 2020-05-31)
In force
May 1, 2020 to May 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • businesses, facilities and critical infrastructure sectors
  • the public
Functions reached
  • WF employee masking compelled
  • CB public face-covering directive
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Enforcement

Order of the county health officer

Notes

Mayor's Executive Order No. 7 (MET-BNA-020) recites Order 4 as amended: businesses, facilities and critical infrastructure sectors shall require that employees wear a cloth face covering or mask when physically interacting with the public or other employees, and citizens and visitors should wear a cloth face covering or mask whenever in a community setting.

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Three pages; scanned; read from rendered images (pp. 1, 3). Wayback snapshot timestamp not recorded at capture.

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