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Executive Order No. 73

An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 by Extending Executive Order Provisions

Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee (State)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107
Issued
2020-12-22 Dec. 22, 2020
Effective
11:59 p.m. CST Dec. 29, 2020 (read as 2020-12-29)
End
11:59 p.m. Feb. 27, 2021; succeeded by EO 77 (read as 2021-02-27)
In force
Dec. 29, 2020 to Feb. 27, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons and businesses; nursing homes; county mayors (Section C, EO 54 restated)
Functions reached
  • VS LTC visitation restrictions (to Feb. 27, 2021)
  • WF isolation of positives; employer bar (to Feb. 27, 2021)
  • MASK county mask authority continued
  • HC regulatory flexibilities and hospital capacity (EO 36/68 provisions)
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

B. Restated provisions that originated in Executive Order No. 38...: 5. Persons are urged to wear face coverings in public places... 6. Visitation restrictions for elderly-citizen and care-related facilities [as amended by EO 49]... 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... 12. Take-out alcohol sales... C. Restated provisions that originated in Executive Order No. 54 [county mayors' face-covering authority]

Enforcement

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120 (Section C ¶ 6 restated)

Notes

Restates in full the EO 36, 38 and 54 provisions carried into 2021 Q1; the Tennessee Supreme Court's Jan. 15, 2021 order cites this order as a ground for extending the judicial suspensions