Governor Holcomb’s latest public-health order outlines for the first time potential enforcement actions for businesses who ignore coronavirus precautions. The order recommends a three-step process, starting with a verbal warning to correct “unsafe practices.” That would be followed by a written order, with businesses who still don’t comply subject to shutdown. The order says businesses closed down for noncompliance should be referred to state licensing boards or the secretary of state for possible license revocation. The order also limits spectators at most high school sporting events. Counties in the high-risk “red zone” are barred from allowing any spectators other than players’ parents, guardians, or siblings. The order says the Marion County Health Department and the IHSAA will work out a separate spectator plan for the state high school football championships at Lucas Oil Stadium over Thanksgiving weekend.
