- PA 211.org: Find health and human services information for everyday needs and crisis situations
- http://www.visitcentralpa.org/ Susquehanna River Valley Visitor’s Bureau – find out if your favorite Susquehanna River Valley restaurant is still available for take-out or delivery; check out updates to the calendar of events and look for COVID-19 official updates.
CHECKLIST FOR BUSINESSES THAT SERVE THE PUBLIC
All businesses conducting in-person operations
must do the following:
- Clean
and disinfect high-touch areas frequently and continue to regularly clean all
other areas of the building(s);
- Establish
and implement a plan in case the business is exposed to a probable or confirmed
case of COVID-19 (see guideline document for full description)
- Prevent
large groups from entering or leaving the building by staggering work start and
stop times;
- Limit
the number of people in employee common areas, and ensure these areas are
cleaned frequently;
- Conduct
meetings and trainings virtually. If a meeting needs to be held in person,
limit the number of employees to 10 and maintain a social distance of six feet;
- Make
sure employees have access to soap and water to wash their hands;
- Provide non-medical masks for
employees to wear at all times and make it mandatory to wear masks while on the
work site.
Employers may approve masks obtained or made by employees according toDepartment of Health policies;
- Make
sure the facility has enough employees as applicable to follow these protocols
and conduct business effectively and safely;
- Discourage
non-essential visitors from entering the business premises;
- Communicate
these procedures to all employees to ensure that everyone knows how to be safe.
Any business that serves the public inside a
building or other defined area must follow the above internal operations
guidance and take the additional precautions listed below:
- Conduct
business with the public by appointment only, whenever possible;
- If
appointment-only service is not feasible, limit the number of people inside the
building to no more than 50% of the total maximum occupancy;
- Modify
the hours of business so that there is enough time to clean and restock;
- Install
shields or other barriers at registers and check-out areas to physically
separate cashiers and customers, or take other measures to maintain social
distancing between customers and employees;
- Encourage
customers to use online ordering by providing delivery or pick-up options;
- Designate
a specific time for people at high risk to use the business at least once a
week;
- Require all customers to wear masks while on
the premises. Businesses that provide medication, medical
supplies or groceries must provide an alternate, no contact, means of
delivering goods for customers who cannot wear a mask.
- However,
individuals who cannot wear a mask due to a medical condition (including
children under the age of 2 years per CDC guidance) may enter the premises and
are not required to provide documentation of such medical condition
- In
businesses with multiple check-out lanes, limit use to every other register.
After every hour, rotate customers and employees to the previously closed
registers and clean the other registers and surroundings;
- Schedule
handwashing breaks for employees at least every hour; and
- Assign
an employee to wipe down any shared contact surface before the customer touches
it.
No business is required to conduct in-person
operations, and should not do so if the business is unable to do so in
accordance with this guidance. Businesses
permitted to conduct in-person operations that are unable or unwilling to
comply with these requirements may engage in curbside delivery to customers so
long as strict social distancing and other mitigation measures are followed.
REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH EMPLOYEES
AND ANY ON –SITE CUSTOMERS
Businesses conducting in-person operations or
serving the public are required to make employees and
customers aware of the guidance provided by the
Commonwealth to keep people at their establishment safe.
- Print,
- Sign,
and
- Post the
“COVID-19 Safety Procedures for Businesses” flyer in employee common space and,
if the business serves the public, near the business’s public entrance(s) in
prominent location(s).
Based on
PA Emergency Order document entitled GUIDANCE FOR BUSINESSES
PERMITTED TO OPERATE DURING THE COVID-19 DISASTER EMERGENCY TO ENSURE THE
SAFETY AND HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC, dated 5/6/2020.
