5. All travel, including, but not limited to, travel on foot,bicycle, scooter, motorcycle, automobile, or public transit,except Essential Travel and Essential Activities as defined below in Section 6, is prohibited. This Order allows travel into or out of the County to perform Essential Activities,operate Essential Businesses, or maintain Essential Governmental Functions.

6. Definitions and Exemptions.

a. For purposes of this Order, individuals may leave their residence only to perform any of the following“Essential Activities.” But people at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and people who are sick are urged to stay in their residence to the extent possible except as necessary to seek medical care.

i. To engage in activities or perform tasks essential to their health and safety, or to the health and safety of their family or household members or partners or significant others (including, but not limited to, pets), such as, by way of example only and without limitation, obtaining medical supplies or medication,visiting a health care professional, or obtaining supplies they need to work from home.

ii. To obtain necessary services or supplies forthemselves and their family or household members, orto deliver those services or supplies to others, such as,by way of example only and without limitation,canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables,pet supplies, fresh meats, fish, and poultry, and anyother household consumer products, and productsnecessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, andessential operation of residences.

iii. To engage in outdoor activity, provided theindividuals comply with Social DistancingRequirements as defined in this Section, such as, byway of example and without limitation, walking,hiking, running, or bicycling.

iiii. To perform work providing essential products andservices at an Essential Business or to otherwise carryout activities specifically permitted in this Order,including Minimum Basic Operations.

v. To care for a family member or pet in anotherhousehold.

b. For purposes of this Order, individuals may leavetheir residence to work for or obtain services at any“Healthcare Operations” including hospitals, clinics,dentists, pharmacies, pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies, other healthcare facilities,healthcare suppliers, home healthcare servicesproviders, mental health providers, or any relatedand/or ancillary healthcare services. “HealthcareOperations” also includes veterinary care and allhealthcare services provided to animals. Thisexemption shall be construed broadly to avoid anyimpacts to the delivery of healthcare, broadly defined.“Healthcare Operations” does not include fitness andexercise gyms and similar facilities.

c. For purposes of this Order, individuals may leavetheir residence to provide any services or perform anywork necessary to the operations and maintenance of“Essential Infrastructure,” including, but not limitedto, public works construction, construction and allrelated activities (in particular affordable housing orhousing for individuals experiencing homelessness),airport operations, water, sewer, gas, electrical, oilrefining, roads and highways, public transportation,solid waste collection and removal, internet, andtelecommunications systems (including the provisionof essential global, national, and local infrastructurefor computing services, business infrastructure,communications, and web-based services), providedthat they carry out those services or that work incompliance with Social Distancing Requirements asdefined this Section, to the extent possible.

d. For purposes of this Order, all first responders,emergency management personnel, emergencydispatchers, court personnel, and law enforcementpersonnel, and others who need to perform essentialservices are categorically exempt from this Order.Further, nothing in this Order shall prohibit anyindividual from performing or accessing “EssentialGovernmental Functions,” as determined by thegovernmental entity performing those functions. Eachgovernmental entity shall identify and designateappropriate employees or contractors to continueproviding and carrying out any EssentialGovernmental Functions. All Essential GovernmentalFunctions shall be performed in compliance withSocial Distancing Requirements as defined in thisSection, to the extent possible.

e. For the purposes of this Order, covered businessesinclude any for-profit, nonprofit, or privateeducational entities, regardless of the nature of theservice, the function they perform, or its corporate orentity structure.

f. For the purposes of this Order, “EssentialBusinesses” means:

i. Healthcare Operations and Essential Infrastructure;

ii. Grocery stores, certified farmers’ markets, farm and produce stands, supermarkets, food banks,convenience stores, and other establishments engaged in the retail sale of canned food, dry goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, pet supply, fresh meats, fish, and poultry, and any other household consumer products (such
as cleaning and personal care products). This includes stores that sell groceries and also sell other non grocery products and products necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences;

iii. Food cultivation, including farming, livestock, and fishing;

iiii. Businesses that provide food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals;

v. Newspapers, television, radio, and other media services;

vi. Gas stations and auto-supply, auto-repair, and related facilities;

vii. Banks and related financial institutions;

viii. Hardware stores;

ix. Plumbers, electricians, exterminators, and other service providers who provide services that are necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences, Essential Activities,and Essential Businesses;

x. Businesses providing mailing and shipping services,including post office boxes;

xi. Educational institutions—including private K-12 schools, colleges, and universities—for purposes of facilitating distance learning or performing essential functions, provided that social distancing of six-feet per person is maintained to the greatest extent possible;

xii. Laundromats, dry cleaners, and laundry service providers;

xiii. Restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food, but only for delivery or carry out. Schools and other entities that typically provide free food services to students or members of the public may continue to do so under this Order on the condition that the food is provided to students or members of the public on a pick-up and take-away basis only.Schools and other entities that provide food services under this exemption shall not permit the food to be eaten at the site where it is provided, or at any othe rgathering site;

xiiii. Businesses that supply products needed for people to work from home;

xv. Businesses or manufacturers that supply other essential businesses with the support or supplies necessary to operate;

xvi. Businesses that ship or deliver groceries, food,goods, or services directly to residences;

xvii. Airlines, taxis, and other private transportation providers providing transportation services necessary for Essential Activities and other purposes expressly authorized in this Order;

xviii. Home-based care for seniors, adults, or children;

xix. Residential facilities including hotels, motels,shared rental units and similar facilities and shelters for seniors, adults, and children;

xx. Professional services, such as legal, accounting services, real estate services, when necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities;

xxi. Unless otherwise preempted by state law, childcare facilities providing services that enable employees exempted in this Order to work as permitted. To the extent possible, childcare facilities must operate under the following mandatory conditions:

1. Childcare must be carried out in stable groups of 10 or fewer (“stable” means that the same 10 or fewer children are in the same group each day).

2. Children shall not change from one group to another.

3. If more than one group of children is cared for at one facility, each group shall be in a separate room. Groups shall not mix with each other.

4. Childcare providers shall remain solely with one group of children.

xxii. All businesses which possess a Class A, retail liquor package license; Class B, retail beer package license; or a Class C, retail wine package license shall be authorized, but only via drive-thru or in parking lots or at curb.

xxiii. Funeral homes, facilities, services operating under the following mandatory conditions:

1. Any indoor or covered facility or service shall not be open to the public and limited to employees only.

2.?Funeral services are limited to graveside funeral services with 10 or fewer immediate family members.

g. For the purposes of this Order, “Minimum Basic Operations” include the following, provided that employees comply with Social Distancing Requirements as defined in this Section to the extent possible, while carrying out such operations:

i. The minimum necessary activities to maintain the value of the business’s inventory, ensure security, process payroll and employee benefits, or for related functions.

ii. The minimum necessary activities to facilitateemployees of the business to be able to continue towork remotely from their residences.

h. For the purposes of this Order, “Essential Travel”includes travel for any of the following purposes.Individuals engaged in any Essential Travel mustcomply with all Social Distancing Requirements asdefined in this Section below.

i. Any travel related to the provision of or access toEssential Activities, Essential GovernmentalFunctions, Essential Businesses, or Minimum BasicOperations.

ii. Travel to care for elderly, minors, dependents,persons with disabilities, or other vulnerable persons.

iii. Travel to or from educational institutions for purposes of receiving materials for distance learning,for receiving meals, and any other related services.

iiii. Travel to return to a place of residence from outside the jurisdiction.

v. Travel required by law enforcement or court order.

vi. Travel required for non-residents to return to their place of residence outside the County. Individuals are strongly encouraged to verify that their transportation out of the County remains available and functional prior to commencing such travel.

i. For purposes of this Order, residences include hotels,motels, shared rental units and similar facilities.

j. For purposes of this Order, “Social Distancing Requirements” includes maintaining at least six-foot social distancing from other individuals, washing hands with soap and water for at least twenty seconds as frequently as possible or using hand sanitizer,covering coughs or sneezes (into the sleeve or elbow,not hands), regularly cleaning high-touch surfaces, and not shaking hands.

7. Enforcement and Remedies.

a. Individuals: In recognition that the Carroll County Board of Health, the local governments, and law enforcement do not have the personnel or resources to monitor and police distancing or gathering limitations or shelter in place requirements for all individuals currently living within the territorial limits of the County, all enforcement agencies are authorized to support compliance with this Order through information delivery and education of individuals regarding the imminent threat to public health posed by COVID-19.

b. Covered Businesses: Any violations of this Order by covered businesses or owners of covered business shall be a misdemeanor as further provided for by O.C.G.A. § 31-5-8.

8. If any provision of this Order or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held to be invalid, the remainder of the Order, including the application of such part or provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected and shall continue in full force and effect.To this end, the provisions of this Order are severable.

9. ?It is not the intent of this resolution to abrogate the terms of any county or municipal law, resolution, or ordinance of local application which authorize a governing body within the county to provide penalties for a violation of a valid rule and regulation of the county board of health.

10. ?This Order shall become effective following approval by the Carroll County Board of Health at 12:01 a.m., on March 25, 2020, and will continue to be in effect until 11:59 p.m., on April 12, 2020, or until it is extended, rescinded, superseded, or amended in writing by the Carroll County Board of Health.

11. ?Copies of this Order shall promptly be: (1) made available to the Carroll County Board of Commissioners, the governing authority of all the municipalities located in Carroll County, the Carroll County Sheriff, and all other local law enforcement agencies in Carroll County; (2) posted on the Carroll County Board of Health’s website; and (3) provided to any member of the public requesting a copy of this Order.