"Essential Business" & "Non-Essential Business" Information
WVRA Members:
Below is a list from the Governor’s Office for the state of West Virginia listing non-essential and essential businesses.
Gov. Justice’s order
is effective at 8:00 p.m. today Tuesday, March 24. It will remain in effect until terminated by subsequent executive order.
If you are unsure after reviewing the list below please read the CISA Guidance Document attached above for a very comprehensive list.
Q: What will be closed as non-essential?
A: Businesses and workplaces that do not fall under these essential categories or are otherwise designated as essential shall close.
Those already closed by Executive Order include:
- Dine-in restaurants
- Bars and nightclubs
- Entertainment venues including casinos and performance halls
- Barber shops and hair and nail salons
- Gyms and fitness centers
The Stay-At-Home order specifically prohibits from remaining open:
- Amusement facilities including carnivals, zoos, fairs, arcades and those with rides
- Entertainment facilities including movie and other theaters
- Activity venues including playgrounds, bowling alleys, pool halls, and racetracks
- Bingo halls, social clubs and adult entertainment venues
Essential business and operations (full details are available in the
Executive Order
)
- Health care
- Hospitals
- Clinics
- Doctor’s offices
- Other medical practices including dental and eye care
- Pharmacies and over-the-counter drug retailers
- Substance use disorder and mental health services
- Home-based health and care providers
- Medical goods suppliers including eyewear and contact lens providers
- Organizations collecting blood, blood products and other needed materials
- Health insurance providers and managed care organizations
- Food
- Grocery stores
- Convenience stores
- Take-out and delivery restaurants
- Farmers markets
- Food bank and food pantries
- Take-out and delivery meal services, including school-based
- Agricultural operations
- Providers of livestock, seafood, baked goods and other food sources
- Livestock, farming and other agricultural feed and supply businesses
- Housing
- Hotels and motels
- Nursing homes and other long-term care facilities
- Residential facilities for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities
- Inpatient mental health and substance use disorder facilities
- Shelters for adults, seniors and children
- Animal shelters, kennels and rescue centers
- Public safety
- Police stations
- Fire stations
- Ambulance services
- 911 and emergency dispatch centers
- Correctional facilities and operations
- Hazardous materials responders
- Essential government functions
- Legislative function
- Judicial functions
- Programs and services that support essential operations and functions
- Hotlines or helplines, including for Medicaid, SNAP benefits, etc.
- Contacted services in support of government operations
- Human services
- Child protection and child welfare organizations
- Day care centers and homes
- Social services agencies and organizations
- Transportation
- Gas stations
- Public transit
- Road, rail and air services
- Shipping and delivery services
- Vehicle rental services
- Taxi and rideshare providers such as Uber and Lyft
- Auto dealers and repair services
- Essential infrastructure
- Utilities including water, sewer, and natural gas
- Coal-fired and other means of electrical generation
- Coal mining and production or distribution of other raw materials including oil and natural gas
- Hardware and supply stores
- Businesses that manufacture, produce, prepare, build, store, sell and distribute the materials and facilities needed to respond to this public health emergency
- Building, construction and other trades that support essential infrastructure
- Communications infrastructure and services, including media
- Cyber and other security operations and services
- Flood control and solid waste, recycling and sanitation collection and removal
- Financial institutions
- Banks and credit unions
- ATM services
- Lending services
- Insurance providers
- Financial support services including appraisers, title companies and underwriters
- Other
- Schools and other educational institutions providing distance learning
- Places of worship
- Funeral homes and related services
- Legal, accounting and other professional services
- Laundromats, dry cleaners and laundry services
- Outdoor public spaces including parks and trails not specifically closed by executive order
