✍? Is My Business on the Essential Service list?
Nothing is causing more confusion during the coronavirus pandemic than the words “Essential Service.” The reason it is perplexing is that in some areas on the CISA Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response Version 1.0, the verbiage is vague and subject to interpretation. On top of that, the CISA document is NOT a federal law, it was developed to be used as a guideline for states and/or counties to draw from as they create their own legislation. So, what businesses are considered an essential service?
Who Decide’s Who is Essential?
And then… We still have to deal with the issue of verbiage that is subject to interpretation, like the category listed as”other.” Withal, a county can create its own ordinance that is more stringent than the executive order from the governor if they wish. In California, the county ordinances are established by the Officer of Public Health in many cases. So, what businesses are considered an essential service?
If your business type is not explicitly listed, you may want to pick up the phone ☎
So, hopefully, to help I put together a list of essential services that is a compilation of those noted in Broward County, Florida; Dallas, Texas; and Pinellas County, Florida. To reiterate, it is a compilation of the three but should help to get an idea of where your business should fit, essential or not. Of course, you will ALWAYS want to check with your local legislator’s office before you decide that you are essential and then head out to work. Your area may or may not include the vocations listed below.
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Examples of Essential Services
- AA/NA and other meetings (requires social distancing)
- Airports
- Animal shelters/adoptions at shelters
- Architectural
- Assisted living facilities
- Automobile dealerships – New & Used
- Banks and financial institutions
- Bicycle sales, repairs & maintenance
- Blood Banks
- Businesses providing services to the government (federal, state, or local)
- Child care facilities (with restrictions)
- Colleges & trades schools – Online only.
- Community-based organizations providing meals and social services
- Contractors: (Plumbers, Electricians, Exterminators, Security personnel, etc.) Fire and water damage restoration, appliance repair personnel, exterminators, and other service providers who provide services that are necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences and other structures
- Factories
- Farming, Livestock, Fishing
- Firearm sales and ranges
- First Responders, Police, and Fire, Jails and Prisons
- Flight schools (only if located on airport property)
- Food and beverage (grocery stores, food banks, alcohol sales, etc.)
- Funeral services
- Garbage and Sanitation services
- Gas Stations, Auto Supply, Auto Repair
- Government operations
- Hardware, garden, and supply stores
- Home-based care
- Hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare operations
- Hotel and lodging (only for “essential lodgers,” i.e., National Guard, Law enforcement, Government, airline crews, journalists, patients, persons sheltered due to domestic violence, etc.)
- Human Service operations (including community-based organizations providing meals)
- Insurance
- Laundromats
- Legal & Accounting Services
- Landscape and Pool maintenance service providers
- Liquor Stores
- Marinas, Boat launches, boating supplies
- Media: Television, Radio,
- , funeral homes, cemeteries
- Moving companies
- Office supply and business services that do not directly interact with people
- Oil refining
- Open Construction sites
- Pawn Shops
- Pet supply stores
- Post offices and shipping services
- Process servers aa. Realtors
- Propane and Gas providers
- Restaurants – take out only
- Ride-Sharing Services (Uber, Lyft, etc.)
- Road and Highway work
- Stores: batteries, cell phone, electronics, light bulbs, and office supplies
- Tax preparation services
- Telemarketing (requires social distancing)
- Title companies
- Transportation: airports, ride-sharing, taxis, and public transport such as PSTA
- Utilities, Public Works and essential infrastructure
- Waste management
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