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Directive No. 3 of the Hamilton County Health Officer

Directive No. 3: face coverings required (continuation to Nov. 22, 2020)

Hamilton County Health Officer (Paul M. Hendricks, M.D.) · Hamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Hamilton County, Tennessee (Chattanooga) · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 68-2-601 to -609; EO 38 ¶ 13.c; EO 54 ¶ 5
Issued
2020-10-08 Oct. 8, 2020
Effective
12:01 a.m. Oct. 9, 2020 (read as 2020-10-09)
End
11:59 p.m. Nov. 22, 2020 (¶ 12); later directives continued the mandate into 2021 (read as 2020-11-22)
In force
Oct. 9, 2020 to Nov. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons in Hamilton County; businesses
Functions reached
  • SF/EMP business enforcement duty
  • CB
  • WF
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

Effective at 12:01 a.m. on October 9, 2020, all persons in Hamilton County shall wear a facial covering or mask which covers the mouth and nose at all times when indoors in all public and private buildings and when outdoors except under the following exceptions... 5. Any business failing to enforce this Directive or person refusing to leave an establishment when requested due to no facial covering will be subject to civil citations... 10. Violations of this Directive by businesses and/or individuals shall be punishable by citation issued by the Hamilton County Health Department and/or criminally by local law enforcement as a Class C misdemeanor.... 12. This Directive shall remain in effect until 11:59 pm, Sunday, November 22nd, 2020.

Enforcement

Civil citations; Class C misdemeanor

Retrieval note

Scanned; text read by OCR (heading 'EFFECTIVE October 8th, 2020'; operative clause effective Oct. 9, 2020).