Scott County Health Department Guidance for Retail Businesses

The only businesses that are allowed to remain open at this time are those that are providing the necessities of life, those businesses include:

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(Scott County, Ind.) – Scott County Health Department has put out new guidance for retail businesses.

The only businesses that are allowed to remain open at this time are those that are providing the necessities of life, those businesses include:

• Grocery stores
• Supermarkets
• Supercenters or mass merchandizer (provided they have a sizable food/ grocery section such as Meijer and Walmart)
• Specialty food stores
• Certified farmer’s markets
• Farm and produce stands
• Convenience stores and gas stations
• Pharmacies
• Auto sales
• Auto supply
• Auto maintenance or repair
• Farm equipment
• Construction equipment
• Bicycle shops
• Hardware and supply stores
• Office supply stores
• Pet supply stores
• Club stores (provided they have a sizable food/ grocery section such as Sam’s Club or Costco), building material and supplies stores (e.x., Home Depot, Lowe’s, Menards).

Retail businesses providing the necessities of life as described above may remain open to the public under the following conditions and restrictions:

• Such businesses should limit their hours of operation and consider implementing separate operating hours for the elderly and other venerable customers.
• Such businesses should limit the number of customers in their facilities at any given time to achieve the CDCs required social distancing;
• Such businesses shall comply with social distancing and sanitation of applicable areas and other mitigation measures to protect its employees and the public. NOTE: This is a “shall” not a should or may.

All other retail businesses not included above as selling the necessities of life may remain open only for online or call in ordering with delivery or curbside pickup. These businesses shall comply with social distancing and sanitation of applicable areas and other mitigation measures to protect their employees and the public.

The governor described these stores to be craft stores, florists, fabric stores, and beauty supply stores in his daily press briefings.