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Amendment to the Order of the Secretary of the

Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the


Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining
On this day, April 20, 2020, I hereby amend my Order dated March 19, 2020, as
subsequently amended, regarding the “Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life
Sustaining.”

The first numbered paragraph of that Order is deleted in its entirety and amended
to read as follows:

1) No person or entity shall operate a place of business in the Commonwealth that


is not a life-sustaining business regardless of whether the business is open to
members of the public unless the business has been designated to conduct
operations as described below. This prohibition does not apply to virtual or
telework operations (e.g., work from home), so long as social distancing and
other mitigation measures are followed in such operations. Life sustaining
businesses may remain open, but they must follow, at a minimum, the social
distancing practices and other mitigation measures described by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to protect workers and patrons and, as
applicable, the requirements of the “Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania
Department of Health Directing Building Safety Measures” issued April 6,
2020, and the “Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health
Directing Public Health Safety Measures for Businesses Permitted to Maintain
In-person Operations” issued April 15, 2020.

The following businesses are authorized to conduct operations in the manner


described, as long as they follow, at a minimum, the aforementioned guidance
and Orders:

A. Online motor vehicle sales are authorized to commence statewide


immediately;
B. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is authorized to commence
curbside pickup sales statewide immediately;
C. Limited construction activity is authorized to commence in-person
operations statewide beginning on May 8, 2020.

A list of businesses that may open or remain open is attached to and incorporated
into this Order.

Enforcement actions previously commenced against businesses that are out of


compliance on March 23, 2020 at 8:00 a.m., and enforcement of this Order is
ongoing.
This Amendment is effective immediately. The March 19, 2020 Order, as
amended, remains unchanged in every other respect.

Rachel Levine, MD
Secretary of Health

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