People may leave their homes to:

Obtain necessary supplies– This covers supplies needed for your family or pet, or a loved one or friend who is unable to leave their home.

Food and other consumer goods needed to maintain “safety, sanitation and routine operation of a home.”
Supplies needed to work from home
Pharmaceutical prescriptions or medical supplies
Fuel and vehicle supplies
Materials for distance learning and other education-related purposes
“Any other supplies necessary to maintain a person’s or pet’s daily routine or to maintain the safety, sanitation and routine operation of a home or residence.”

Obtain or provide necessary services: Again, includes a person’s family, pets or a loved one or friend who is unable to leave their home. It includes:

Dental, medical or surgical procedures, as stipulated by previous order for emergency procedures or part of ongoing care
Government-funded services or benefits
Automobile repairs
Services for people with disabilities or substance-use disorders
Services related to public or private distance learning or education.

Attend religious services. This also covers weddings and funerals, as long as the event involves few than 10 people who can maintain a 6-foot distance from each other.

Drive in worship services are allowed as long as people stay in their vehicles and only people who live together are allowed in the same car. Participants can not come within 6 feet of participants in other vehicles.

You’re also allowed out to take care of a family member, friend or pet in another household, to donate blood or to transport family members, friends or pets.

Go to work

You can leave to perform “essential businesses and services.”
This includes:
Managing inventory, processing payroll and employee benefits
Work-related activities that allows people to work or ship remotely through drive-by, curbside or door to door delivery.
Work related activities that do not require regular interaction within 6 feet of another person.

You may also leave to:

Engage in an outdoor activities, as long as they involve fewer than 10 people that can maintain a 6 foot distance from others.
To transport a child as required by a custody agreement.
To seek shelter or travel as required by law.

Essential services/personnel include:

Government operations, including first responders, 911 employees, federal state and local employees
Health care providers
Utilities workers and other infrastructure operation employees. This also covers Uber and Lyft drivers.
Manufacturing facilities.
Agriculture and farm operations
Essential retailers. These are those outlined earlier during Gov. Ivey’s order closing all non-essential businesses. Grocery stores, pharmacies, hardware and home improvement stores, gas stations and gun stores will all remain open. Businesses that ship or deliver groceries, food or goods directly to residences are allowed to operate.
Restaurants and bars are allowed to remain open for curbside or to go orders.
Essential “personal services” such as trash collection, home repair, auto sales, animal shelters, and public transportation are open.
Media operations are considered essential, as are education operations, financial services, professional services such as accounting and banking, non-profits, construction and military and defense institutions.

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