Mar 20, 2020

Director of emergency management orders personal-care facilities closure

New Jersey State Director of Emergency Management Co. Patrick J. Callahan issued administrative order 2020-02 yesterday, which orders the closure of () personal-care service facilities because they violate the social distancing guidelines of the state.

The following facilities have been ordered to close, effective March 19, 2020, at 8 p.m.:

• Cosmetology shops
• Barber shops
• Beauty salons
• Hair braiding shops
• Nail salons
• Electrology facilities
• Spas, including day spas and medical spas, at which solely elective and cosmetic medical procedures are performed
• Massage parlors
• Tanning salons
• Tattoo parlors
• Public and private social clubs

Here is Gov. Phil Murphy’s press release about this order.