Executive Order No. 38

The record

Jurisdiction

Tennessee

Level

State

Authority

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107

Issued

2020-05-22 May 22, 2020

Effective

12:01 a.m. CDT May 22, 2020 (read as 2020-05-22)

End

11:59 p.m. June 30, 2020 (¶ 17); extended to Aug. 29, 2020 by EO 50; amended by EO 49 (June 15) and EO 55 (July 31); its ¶¶ 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12.1, 13 extended by EO 59 to Sept. 30, 2020; ¶ 11 (bars seated service) and the 50-person cap ended Sept. 30, 2020 under EO 63 (read as 2020-09-30)

In force

May 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• all persons
• all venues, employers and businesses
• bars, night clubs and limited service restaurants
• nursing homes and similar facilities
• local officials

Functions reached

• GATH 50-person cap on social and recreational gatherings (May 22-Sept. 30, 2020)
• BA bars and limited service restaurants: seated table service only (May 22-Sept. 30, 2020)
• SP contact sports prohibited
• VS nursing-home visitation barred except critical assistance or end of life; senior centers closed
• OP/TELE employers strongly urged to require telework
• WF positives and symptomatic persons ordered to stay home; employers barred from allowing them to work
• EMP Pledge guidelines the expected operating standard for every business
• MK large events under 50-person cap

Collection

Tennessee TN

Operative words

1.a.... All employers and businesses are strongly urged to take all practicable steps to equip, encourage, allow, or require and permit employees to work remotely or via telework from home... 1.b. ERG Guidelines. All venues, employers, and businesses are expected to operate in accordance with, and to fulfill the spirit of, applicable operational guidance issued by the Governor's Economic Recovery Group (e.g., Tennessee Pledge)... 2.b.... persons in the State of Tennessee should to the greatest extent practicable maintain at least six (6) feet of separation from persons outside their household, and shall not in any event be in a group of fifty (50) or more persons for the purposes of social or recreational activities or events... 2.c. Contact sporting events and activities are prohibited under this Order... 6.a.... Persons shall not visit a Resident in a Facility unless [critical assistance or end-of-life care]... 6.d. Senior centers or equivalent facilities shall continue to be closed to members, customers, or the public. 9.... persons who test positive for COVID-19 or who are suffering from COVID-19 symptoms shall stay at home, except to receive medical care... 10. Employers shall not require or allow employees with COVID-19 to work... 11. Limited service restaurants. Bars, night clubs, and limited service restaurants... may only serve customers seated at tables and must follow the Economic Recovery Group Guidelines... 13.b.... this Order shall supersede and preempt any emergency order, health order, or other order issued by a local official or local governmental entity that contravenes or would limit the application of the provisions of this Order. 13.c.... The six locally run county health departments... shall have authority to issue additional orders or measures... provided that no local official or local governmental entity shall issue an order or measure regarding places of worship

Enforcement

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