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- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107
- Issued
- 2020-09-29 Sept. 29, 2020
- Effective
- 11:59 p.m. CDT Sept. 30, 2020 (read as 2020-09-30)
- End
- 11:59 p.m. Oct. 30, 2020 (Part D); extended by EO 67 to Dec. 29, 2020 (read as 2020-10-30)
- In force
- Sept. 30, 2020 to Oct. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons
- senior centers
- local education agencies and schools (athletics)
- county mayors (EO 54)
- Functions reached
- GATH statewide 50-person cap ended; distancing advisory
- BA seated-service rule for bars ended (¶ 11 not extended)
- VS LTC visitation restrictions continued; senior centers reopened with capacity limits
- WF isolation of positives continued; employer bar continued
- MASK county mask authority continued
- AC school sports under TSSAA rules
- Collection
- Tennessee TN
Operative words
2. Social distancing remains imperative.... 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. All persons should also take into account critical factors such as venue capacity and physical characteristics... Regarding athletic activities, local education agencies and schools shall... have the authority to permit, but are not required to permit, school-sponsored sporting events... consistent with COVID-19-related guidance and rules adopted by the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association.... 6.... Paragraph 6.d. is amended...: 'Senior centers or equivalent facilities may be open to members, customers, or the public beginning October 1, 2020; provided, that capacity must be limited to the extent necessary to accommodate adequate social distancing...' 9. Persons with COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms must stay at home. 10. Employers shall not require or allow employees with COVID-19 to work.... 13. Local orders. Executive Order No. 54, as amended by Executive Order No. 55, providing local governments with authority concerning face coverings is hereby extended in its entirety.
Enforcement
Part C ¶ 1; Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120
Notes
The instrument that ended Tennessee's statewide business capacity and gathering restrictions for the 89 counties (effective 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30, 2020); what remained: LTC visitation, isolation of positives and the employer bar, county mask orders, the six metro counties' orders, the courts' orders
Retrieval noteSigning line partly illegible ('29th day of Sept...'); Hamilton County posted it as 'ExecutiveOrder 63_9.29'.