COVID-19 ESSENTIAL SERVICES
\nEXHIBIT A OF THE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR ASSURING CONTINUED OPERATION OF ESSENTIAL
\nSERVICES IN THE COMMONWEALTH, CLOSING CERTAIN WORKPLACES AND PROHIBITING GATHERINGS
\nOF MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE
\nMarch 23, 2020<\/p>\n
Governor Charlie Baker issued an emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do
\nnot provide \u201cCOVID-19 Essential Services\u201d to close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers,
\ncustomers and the public as of Tuesday, March 24th at noon until Tuesday, April 7th at noon. These
\nbusinesses are encouraged to continue operations remotely.
\nThe Baker-Polito Administration issued a list of designated businesses and other organizations that
\nprovide essential services and workforces related to COVID-19 that shall continue to operate brick and
\nmortar facilities during this two-week time period. This list is based on federal guidance and amended to
\nreflect the needs of Massachusetts\u2019 unique economy. While these businesses are designated as
\nessential, they are urged to follow social distancing protocols for workers in accordance with guidance
\nfrom the Department of Public Health.
\nBusinesses and organizations not on the list of essential services are encouraged to continue operations
\nthrough remote means that do not require workers, customers, or the public to enter or appear at the
\nbrick-and-mortar premises closed by the order.
\nRestaurants, bars, and other establishments that sell food and beverage products to the public are
\nencouraged to continue to offer food for take-out and by delivery if they follow the social distancing
\nprotocols set forth in Department of Public Health guidance continue operations. On-premises
\nconsumption of food or drink is prohibited.
\nHEALTHCARE \/ PUBLIC HEALTH \/ HUMAN SERVICES
\n\u2022 Workers providing COVID-19 testing; Workers that perform critical clinical research needed for
\nCOVID-19 response
\n\u2022 Medical Professionals and caregivers (e.g., physicians, dentists, psychologists, mid-level
\npractitioners, nurses and assistants, infection control and quality assurance personnel,
\npharmacists, physical and occupational therapists and assistants, social workers, speech
\npathologists and diagnostic and therapeutic technicians and technologists, other providers of
\nmental and behavioral health care, personal care attendants, home health aides and home care
\nworkers)
\n\u2022 Hospital and laboratory personnel (including accounting, administrative, admitting and
\ndischarge, engineering, epidemiological, source plasma and blood donation, food service,
\nhousekeeping, medical records, information technology and operational technology,
\nnutritionists, sanitarians, respiratory therapists, etc.)
\n\u2022 Workers in other medical facilities (including Ambulatory Health and Surgical, Blood Banks,
\nMedical Clinics, Community Mental Health Centers, Methadone\/OBOT Clinics, 24 hour
\nDiversionary and Residential Behavioral Health Providers, Comprehensive Outpatient
\nrehabilitation, End Stage Renal Disease, Health Departments, Home Health care, Hospices,
\nHospitals, Nursing Facilities, Rest Homes, Assisted Living Residences, Organ Pharmacies,
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\nProcurement Organizations, Psychiatric Residential, Residential Treatment Schools, Rural Health
\nClinics and Federally Qualified Health Center s and Community Health Centers, State Hospitals,
\nand licensed medical marijuana retailers)
\n\u2022 Workers in other 24\/7 community resident services serving children and youth, and individuals
\nwith developmental, intellectual, physical and\/or cognitive disabilities
\n\u2022 Manufacturers, technicians, logistics and warehouse operators, and distributors of or necessary
\nto the supply chain of medical equipment, personal protective equipment (PPE), medical gases,
\npharmaceuticals, blood and blood products, vaccines, testing materials, laboratory supplies,
\ncleaning, sanitizing, disinfecting or sterilization supplies, and tissue and paper towel products
\n\u2022 Public health \/ community health workers, including those who compile, model, analyze and
\ncommunicate public health information
\n\u2022 Blood and plasma donors and the employees of the organizations that operate and manage
\nrelated activities
\n\u2022 Workers that manage health plans, billing, and health information, who cannot practically work
\nremotely
\n\u2022 Workers who conduct community-based public health functions, conducting epidemiologic
\nsurveillance, compiling, analyzing and communicating public health information, who cannot
\npractically work remotely
\n\u2022 Workers performing cybersecurity functions at healthcare and public health facilities, who
\ncannot practically work remotely
\n\u2022 Workers conducting research critical to COVID-19 response
\n\u2022 Workers performing security, incident management, and emergency operations functions at or
\non behalf of healthcare entities including healthcare coalitions, who cannot practically work
\nremotely
\n\u2022 Workers who support food, shelter, and social services, and other necessities of life for
\neconomically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals, such as those residing in shelters
\n\u2022 Pharmacy employees necessary for filling prescriptions
\n\u2022 Workers performing mortuary services and workers at funeral homes, crematoriums, and
\ncemeteries
\n\u2022 Workers who coordinate with other organizations to ensure the proper recovery, handling,
\nidentification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal
\neffects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental\/behavioral health services to the
\nfamily members, responders, and survivors of an incident
\nLAW ENFORCEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, FIRST RESPONDERS
\n\u2022 Personnel in emergency management, law enforcement, Emergency Management Systems, fire,
\nand corrections, including front line and management required to maintain operations
\n\u2022 Emergency Medical Technicians
\n\u2022 911 call center employees, including telecommunicators, dispatchers and managers
\n\u2022 Fusion Center employees
\n\u2022 Hazardous material responders from government and the private sector.
\n\u2022 Workers \u2013 including contracted vendors — who maintain digital systems infrastructure
\nsupporting law enforcement and emergency service operations.
\nFOOD AND AGRICULTURE
\n\u2022 Workers supporting groceries, pharmacies and other retail, including farmers markets and farm
\nstands, that sells food and beverage products, including liquor stores
\n\u2022 Restaurant carry-out and quick serve food operations – Carry-out and delivery food employees
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\n\u2022 Food manufacturer employees and their supplier employees\u2014to include those employed in
\nfood processing (packers, meat processing, cheese plants, milk plants, produce, etc.) facilities;
\nlivestock, poultry, seafood slaughter facilities; pet and animal feed processing facilities; human
\nfood facilities producing by-products for animal food; beverage production facilities; and the
\nproduction of food packaging
\n\u2022 Farm workers to include those employed in animal food, feed, and ingredient production,
\npackaging, and distribution; manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of veterinary drugs;
\ntruck delivery and transport; farm and fishery labor needed to produce our food supply
\ndomestically
\n\u2022 Farm workers and support service workers to include those who field crops; commodity
\ninspection; fuel ethanol facilities; storage facilities; and other agricultural inputs
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the seafood and fishing industry
\n\u2022 Employees and firms supporting food, feed, and beverage distribution, including warehouse
\nworkers, vendor-managed inventory controllers and blockchain managers
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the sanitation of all food manufacturing processes and operations from
\nwholesale to retail
\n\u2022 Company cafeterias – in-plant cafeterias used to feed employees; food service workers in
\nresidential schools with students who are unable to leave campus
\n\u2022 Workers in food testing labs in private industries and in institutions of higher education
\n\u2022 Workers essential for assistance programs and government payments
\n\u2022 Employees of companies engaged in the production of chemicals, medicines, vaccines, and
\nother substances used by the food and agriculture industry, including pesticides, herbicides,
\nfertilizers, minerals, enrichments, and other agricultural production aids
\n\u2022 Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in veterinary health; manufacturing and
\ndistribution of animal medical materials, animal vaccines, animal drugs, feed ingredients, feed,
\nand bedding, etc.; transportation of live animals, animal medical materials; transportation of
\ndeceased animals for disposal; raising of animals for food; animal production operations;
\nslaughter and packing plants and associated regulatory and government workforce
\n\u2022 Organizations and workers responsible for the care and custody of animals, pets and livestock
\n\u2022 Workers who support the manufacture and distribution of forest products, including, but not
\nlimited to timber, paper, and other wood products
\n\u2022 Employees engaged in the manufacture and maintenance of equipment and other infrastructure
\nnecessary to agricultural production and distribution
\nENERGY
\nElectricity industry:
\n\u2022 Workers who maintain, ensure, or restore the reliable generation, transmission, and distribution
\nof electric power, including call centers, utility workers, reliability engineers and fleet
\nmaintenance technicians
\n\u2022 Workers needed for safe and secure operations at nuclear generation
\n\u2022 Workers at generation, transmission and electric blackstart facilities
\n\u2022 Workers at Reliability Coordinator (RC), Balancing Authorities (BA), and primary and backup
\nControl Centers (CC), including but not limited to independent system operators, regional
\ntransmission organizations, and balancing authorities
\n\u2022 Mutual assistance personnel
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\n\u2022 IT and OT technology staff \u2013 for EMS (Energy Management Systems) and Supervisory Control
\nand Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and utility data centers; Cybersecurity engineers;
\ncybersecurity risk management
\n\u2022 Vegetation management crews and traffic workers who support
\n\u2022 Environmental remediation\/monitoring technicians
\n\u2022 Instrumentation, protection, and control technicians
\nPetroleum workers:
\n\u2022 Petroleum product storage, pipeline, marine transport, terminals, rail transport, road transport
\n\u2022 Crude oil storage facilities, pipeline, and marine transport
\n\u2022 Petroleum refinery facilities
\n\u2022 Petroleum security operations center employees and workers who support emergency response
\nservices
\n\u2022 Petroleum operations control rooms\/centers
\n\u2022 Petroleum drilling, extraction, production, processing, refining, terminal operations,
\ntransporting, and retail for use as end-use fuels or feedstocks for chemical manufacturing
\n\u2022 Onshore and offshore operations for maintenance and emergency response
\n\u2022 Retail fuel centers such as gas stations and truck stops, and the distribution systems that
\nsupport them
\nNatural and propane gas workers:
\n\u2022 Natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines, including compressor stations, and road
\ntransport
\n\u2022 Underground storage of natural gas
\n\u2022 Natural gas processing plants, and those that deal with natural gas liquids
\n\u2022 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities
\n\u2022 Natural gas security operations center, natural gas operations dispatch and control
\nrooms\/centers natural gas emergency response and customer emergencies, including natural
\ngas leak calls
\n\u2022 Drilling, production, processing, refining, and transporting natural gas for use as end-use fuels,
\nfeedstocks for chemical manufacturing, or use in electricity generation
\n\u2022 Propane gas dispatch and control rooms and emergency response and customer emergencies,
\nincluding propane leak calls
\n\u2022 Propane gas service maintenance and restoration, including call centers
\n\u2022 Processing, refining, and transporting natural liquids, including propane gas, for use as end-use
\nfuels or feedstocks for chemical manufacturing
\n\u2022 Propane gas storage, transmission, and distribution centers
\nSteam workers:
\n\u2022 Workers who support steam distribution companies\u2019 provision of district heating and any
\nelectric generation
\n\u2022 Workers who support steam distribution companies\u2019 dispatch and control rooms and
\nemergency response and customer emergencies, including steam leak calls
\n\u2022 Workers who support steam distribution companies\u2019 service maintenance and restoration,
\nincluding call centers
\n\u2022 Workers who support steam distribution companies\u2019 storage, transmission, and distribution
\ncenters
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\nWATER AND WASTEWATER
\nEmployees needed to operate and maintain public and private drinking water and wastewater\/drainage
\ninfrastructure, including:
\n\u2022 Operational staff at water authorities
\n\u2022 Operational staff at community water systems
\n\u2022 Operational staff at wastewater treatment facilities
\n\u2022 Workers repairing water and wastewater conveyances and performing required sampling or
\nmonitoring
\n\u2022 Operational staff for water distribution and testing
\n\u2022 Operational staff at wastewater collection facilities
\n\u2022 Operational staff and technical support for SCADA Control systems
\n\u2022 Chemical disinfectant suppliers for wastewater and personnel protection
\n\u2022 Workers that maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting water and wastewater
\noperations
\nTRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS
\n\u2022 Employees supporting or enabling transportation functions, including dispatchers, maintenance
\nand repair technicians, warehouse workers, truck stop and rest area workers, and workers that
\nmaintain and inspect infrastructure (including those that require cross-border travel)
\n\u2022 Employees of firms providing services that enable logistics operations, including cooling, storing,
\npackaging, and distributing products for wholesale or retail sale or use
\n\u2022 Mass transit and passenger rail workers, including contracted vendors providing transportation
\nand maintenance services to public transit authorities
\n\u2022 Workers critical to operating rental car companies and Transportation Network Companies
\n(TNCs) that facilitate continuity of operations for essential workforces, and other essential travel
\n\u2022 Workers responsible for operating dispatching passenger, commuter and freight trains and
\npublic transportation and buses and maintaining rail and transit infrastructure and equipment
\n\u2022 Maritime transportation workers – port workers, mariners, equipment operators
\n\u2022 Truck drivers who haul hazardous and waste materials to support critical infrastructure,
\ncapabilities, functions, and services
\n\u2022 Automotive repair and maintenance facilities
\n\u2022 Workers who respond to and clear traffic crashes, including contracted vendors and dispatchers
\n\u2022 Manufacturers and distributors (to include service centers and related operations) of packaging
\nmaterials, pallets, crates, containers, and other supplies needed to support manufacturing,
\npackaging staging and distribution operations
\n\u2022 Postal and shipping workers, to include private companies
\n\u2022 Workers who support moving and storage services
\n\u2022 Employees who repair and maintain vehicles, aircraft, rail equipment, marine vessels, and the
\nequipment and infrastructure that enables operations that encompass movement of cargo and
\npassengers
\n\u2022 Air transportation employees, including air traffic controllers, ramp personnel, aviation security,
\nand aviation management and other workers \u2013 including contracted vendors \u2013 providing
\nservices for air passengers
\n\u2022 Workers who support the maintenance and operation of cargo by air transportation, including
\nflight crews, maintenance, airport operations, and other on- and off- airport facilities workers
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\nPUBLIC WORKS
\n\u2022 Workers who support the operation, inspection, and maintenance of essential dams, locks and
\nlevees
\n\u2022 Workers who support the operation, inspection, and maintenance of essential public works
\nfacilities and operations, including roads and bridges, water and sewer main breaks, fleet
\nmaintenance personnel, construction of critical or strategic infrastructure, traffic signal
\nmaintenance, emergency location services for buried utilities, maintenance of digital systems
\ninfrastructure supporting public works operations, and other emergent issues
\n\u2022 Workers \u2013 including contracted vendors \u2013 involved in the construction of critical or strategic
\ninfrastructure including public works construction, airport operations, water, sewer, gas,
\nelectrical, nuclear, oil refining and other critical energy services, roads and highways, public
\ntransportation, solid waste collection and removal, and internet, and telecommunications
\nsystems (including the provision of essential global, national, and local infrastructure for
\ncomputing services)
\n\u2022 Workers such as plumbers, electricians, exterminators, inspectors and other service providers
\nwho provide services that are necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential
\noperation of residences, construction sites and projects, and needed facilities
\n\u2022 Support, such as road and line clearing and utility relocation, to ensure the availability of needed
\nfacilities, transportation, energy and communications
\n\u2022 Support to ensure the effective removal, storage, and disposal of residential and commercial
\nsolid waste and hazardous waste
\n\u2022 Licensed site clean-up professionals and other workers addressing hazardous spills, waste sites,
\nand remediation.
\n\u2022 Workers who support the operation, maintenance and public safety of state parks, forests,
\nwildlife management areas, water supply protection lands, and other critical natural resources.
\n\u2022 Workers who support storm clean-up operations (e.g., foresters).
\nCOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
\nCommunications:
\n\u2022 Maintenance of communications infrastructure- including privately owned and maintained
\ncommunication systems- supported by technicians, operators, call-centers, wireline and wireless
\nproviders, cable service providers, satellite operations, undersea cable landing stations, Internet
\nExchange Points, and manufacturers and distributors of communications equipment
\n\u2022 Workers who support radio, television, and media service, including, but not limited to front line
\nnews reporters, studio, and technicians for newsgathering and reporting
\n\u2022 Workers at Independent System Operators and Regional Transmission Organizations, and
\nNetwork Operations staff, engineers and\/or technicians to manage the network or operate
\nfacilities
\n\u2022 Engineers, technicians and associated personnel responsible for infrastructure construction and
\nrestoration, including contractors for construction and engineering of fiber optic cables
\n\u2022 Installation, maintenance and repair technicians that establish, support or repair service as
\nneeded
\n\u2022 Central office personnel to maintain and operate central office, data centers, and other network
\noffice facilities
\n\u2022 Customer service and support staff, including managed and professional services as well as
\nremote providers of support to transitioning employees to set up and maintain home offices,
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\nwho interface with customers to manage or support service environments and security issues,
\nincluding payroll, billing, fraud, and troubleshooting
\n\u2022 Dispatchers involved with service repair and restoration
\nInformation Technology:
\n\u2022 Workers who support command centers, including, but not limited to Network Operations
\nCommand Center, Broadcast Operations Control Center and Security Operations Command
\nCenter
\n\u2022 Data center operators, including system administrators, HVAC & electrical engineers, security
\npersonnel, IT managers, data transfer solutions engineers, software and hardware engineers,
\nand database administrators
\n\u2022 Client service centers, field engineers, and other technicians supporting critical infrastructure, as
\nwell as manufacturers and supply chain vendors that provide hardware and software, and
\ninformation technology equipment (to include microelectronics and semiconductors) for critical
\ninfrastructure
\n\u2022 Workers responding to cyber incidents involving critical infrastructure, including medical
\nfacilities, SLTT governments and federal facilities, energy and utilities, and banks and financial
\ninstitutions, and other critical infrastructure categories and personnel
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the provision of essential global, national and local infrastructure for
\ncomputing services (incl. cloud computing services), business infrastructure, web-based services,
\nand critical manufacturing
\n\u2022 Workers supporting communications systems and information technology used by law
\nenforcement, public safety, medical, energy and other critical industries
\n\u2022 Support required for continuity of services, including janitorial\/cleaning personnel
\nOTHER COMMUNITY-BASED ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
\n\u2022 Workers to ensure continuity of building functions, including local and state inspectors and
\nadministrative support of inspection services who are responsible for the inspection of
\nelevators, escalators, lifts, buildings, plumbing and gas fitting, electrical work, and other safety
\nrelated professional work
\n\u2022 Security staff to maintain building access control and physical security measures
\n\u2022 Elections personnel
\n\u2022 Federal, State, and Local, Tribal, and Territorial employees who support Mission Essential
\nFunctions and communications networks
\n\u2022 Trade Officials (FTA negotiators; international data flow administrators)
\n\u2022 Weather forecasters
\n\u2022 Workers that maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting other critical government
\noperations
\n\u2022 Workers at operations centers necessary to maintain other essential functions
\n\u2022 Workers who support necessary credentialing, vetting and licensing operations for
\ntransportation workers including holders of Commercial Drivers Licenses
\n\u2022 Workers who are critical to facilitating trade in support of the national, state and local
\nemergency response supply chain
\n\u2022 Educators and staff supporting public and private emergency childcare programs, residential
\nschools for students with disabilities, K-12 schools, colleges, and universities for purposes of
\nfacilitating distance learning, provision of school meals, or performing other essential student
\nsupport functions, if operating under rules for social distancing
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\n\u2022 Hotel workers
\n\u2022 Critical government workers, as defined by the employer and consistent with Continuity of
\nOperations Plans
\n\u2022 Construction Workers who support the construction, operation, inspection, and maintenance of
\nconstruction sites and construction projects (including housing construction)
\n\u2022 Workers that provide services for or determine eligibility for public benefits such as subsidized
\nhealth care, food and feeding programs, residential and congregate care programs, shelter, inhome
\nsupportive services, child welfare, juvenile justice programs, adult protective services and
\nsocial services, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy
\nindividuals (including family members)
\n\u2022 Workers in sober homes
\n\u2022 Professional services (such as legal and accounting services) and payroll and employee benefit
\nservices, when necessary to assist in compliance with legally mandated activities and critical
\nsector services or where failure to provide such services during the time of the order would
\nresult in significant prejudice
\n\u2022 Commercial retail stores that supply essential sectors, including convenience stores, pet supply
\nstores, auto supplies and repair, hardware and home improvement, and home appliance
\nretailers
\n\u2022 Laundromats and laundry services
\n\u2022 Workers and instructors supporting academies and training facilities and courses for the
\npurpose of graduating students and cadets that comprise the essential workforce for all
\nidentified critical sectors
\n\u2022 Workers at places of worship
\nCRITICAL MANUFACTURING
\n\u2022 Workers necessary for the manufacturing of materials and products needed for medical supply
\nchains including personal protective equipment and hygiene products, transportation, energy,
\ncommunications, food and agriculture, chemical manufacturing, nuclear facilities, the operation
\nof dams, water and wastewater treatment, emergency services, and the defense industrial base.
\nHAZARDOUS MATERIALS
\n\u2022 Workers at nuclear facilities, workers managing medical waste, workers managing waste from
\npharmaceuticals and medical material production, and workers at laboratories processing test
\nkits
\n\u2022 Workers who support hazardous materials response and cleanup
\n\u2022 Workers who maintain digital systems infrastructure supporting hazardous materials
\nmanagement operations
\nFINANCIAL SERVICES
\n\u2022 Workers who are needed to process and maintain systems for processing financial transactions
\nand services (e.g., payment, clearing, and settlement; wholesale funding; insurance services; and
\ncapital markets activities)
\n\u2022 Workers who are needed to provide consumer access to banking and lending services, including
\nATMs, and to move currency and payments (e.g., armored cash carriers)
\n\u2022 Workers who support financial operations, such as those staffing data and security operations
\ncenters
\nCOVID-19 Essential Services
\nMarch 23, 2020
\nCHEMICAL
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the chemical and industrial gas supply chains, including workers at chemical
\nmanufacturing plants, workers in laboratories, workers at distribution facilities, workers who
\ntransport basic raw chemical materials to the producers of industrial and consumer goods,
\nincluding hand sanitizers, food and food additives, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and paper
\nproducts.
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the safe transportation of chemicals, including those supporting tank truck
\ncleaning facilities and workers who manufacture packaging items
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the production of protective cleaning and medical solutions, personal
\nprotective equipment, and packaging that prevents the contamination of food, water, medicine,
\namong others essential products
\n\u2022 Workers supporting the operation and maintenance of facilities (particularly those with high risk
\nchemicals and\/or sites that cannot be shut down) whose work cannot be done remotely and
\nrequires the presence of highly trained personnel to ensure safe operations, including plant
\ncontract workers who provide inspections
\n\u2022 Workers who support the production and transportation of chlorine and alkali manufacturing,
\nsingle-use plastics, and packaging that prevents the contamination or supports the continued
\nmanufacture of food, water, medicine, and other essential products, including glass container
\nmanufacturing
\nDEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE
\n\u2022 Workers who support the essential services required to meet national security commitments to
\nthe federal government and U.S. Military. These individuals, include but are not limited to,
\naerospace; mechanical and software engineers, manufacturing\/production workers; IT support;
\nsecurity staff; security personnel; intelligence support, aircraft and weapon system mechanics
\nand maintainers
\n\u2022 Personnel working for companies, and their subcontractors, who perform under contract to the
\nDepartment of Defense providing materials and services to the Department of Defense, and
\ngovernment-owned\/contractor-operated and government-owned\/government-operated
\nfacilities
\nIf the function of your business is not listed above, but you believe that it is essential or it is an entity
\nproviding essential services or functions, you may request designation as an essential business.
\nRequests by businesses to be designated an essential function should only be made if they are NOT
\ncovered by the guidance.
\nTo request designation as an essential business, please click here:
\nhttps:\/\/www.mass.gov\/forms\/essential-service-designation-request
\nAny\u00a0questions can be directed to covid19.biz@mass.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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