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Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1

COVID-19 Face Covering Regulation (Health Department regulation replacing Board of Health Regulation 2020-1)

Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health Director · Knox County, Tennessee (County)

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Jurisdiction
Knox County, Tennessee · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 68-2-609 (quarantine of any place or person; closure of any public establishment, facility or building); Governor's Executive Order No. 38 (May 22, 2020) authorizing the six locally run county health departments to issue orders that permit to a greater degree, or restrict to a greater degree, the opening, closure, or operation of businesses; Attorney General Opinion No. 20-07 (April 27, 2020); Executive Order No. 77 (February 26, 2021)
Issued
2021-04-12 Apr. 12, 2021
Effective
2021-04-13 12:00 a.m. (read as 2021-04-13)
End
2021-04-28 (upon the expiration of Executive Order 77, by the regulation's own terms; Executive Order No. 80 of April 27, 2021 replaced Executive Order 77) (read as 2021-04-28)
In force
Apr. 13, 2021 to Apr. 28, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • every person age twelve or older in any indoor public place
  • places of employment
  • businesses
Functions reached
  • CB customer masking indoors
  • WF employee masking
  • SF signage
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Operative words

2. This Regulation shall take effect at 12:00 a.m. on April 13, 2021, and shall remain in effect until amended, superseded, or rescinded by the Knox County Health Officer and Health Director or upon the expiration of Executive Order 77.... 15. This Regulation is intended to replace Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-1, which is due to expire upon the dissolution of the Knox County Board of Health on April 13, 2021.

Enforcement

Paragraphs 8-9: persons who knowingly fail to comply subject to orders, injunctions and other remedies of the Health Director under Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-2-608, 68-2-609; Paragraph 11: all officers requested and authorized to assist in enforcement

Notes

Recitals: 618 confirmed deaths and 41,922 confirmed cases in Knox County as of April 7, 2021; the Attorney General confirmed that local health officers confronted with an epidemic have the power, indeed the obligation, to establish appropriate control measures; as of April 7, 2021 the foregoing authority remains in effect.

Retrieval note

Text layer; Adopted this 12th Day of April, 2021.

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