General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 1, secs. 130A-1 to 130A-27, including sec. 130A-2 (definitions of 'imminent hazard', 'isolation authority', 'person', 'quarantine authority'), sec. 130A-17 (right of entry), sec. 130A-18 (injunction), sec. 130A-19 (abatement of public health nuisance), sec. 130A-20 (abatement of an imminent hazard), sec. 130A-23 (suspension and revocation of permits) and sec. 130A-25 (misdemeanor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-002)
North Carolina Commission for Public Health (rule); administered by the Division of Public Health, NCDHHS, and local health directors, 10A NCAC 41A.0201 (Control Measures - General) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-007)
Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Public Health Director, Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive To Protect Mecklenburg County Residents From COVID-19 (Jan. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-005)
Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners sitting as a Consolidated Human Services Agency exercising the powers of a local board of health (G.S. 153A-77), Mecklenburg County Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public Places (as proposed and adopted Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-001)
Mecklenburg County Public Health, Public Health Rule flyer - 'Face Mask Required in any indoor public area' (08.31.21) (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-027)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-41 (Powers and duties of local health director) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-010)
Gibbie Harris, Public Health Director, Mecklenburg County Public Health Director's Directive (revision) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-012)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Health Rule (Sept. 12, 2021 version) (Ex. MET-CLT-026)
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, StrongSchoolsNC Public Health Toolkit (K-12), Interim Guidance, published June 2020, updated July 21 and August 10, 2021 (Aug. 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-072)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health (Manager's Report 21-7082), Revised Board of Health Rule Governing Face Coverings (Board draft, docx) (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-004)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Face Coverings Health Rule (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-015)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings (adopted copy, county website) (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-025)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Health Rule (Nov. 3, 2021) - post-period (Ex. MET-CLT-035)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division, NCDOL Safety and Health Topic page, 'COVID-19' (labor.nc.gov/coronavirus): Hazard Overview, Solutions, Regulations ('Which standards apply?'), Learn More (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-014)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 139 (May 12, 2020) (Ex. NC-041)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 119 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-039)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 130 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-007)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 95, Article 16, secs. 95-126 to 95-160, including sec. 95-129 (Rights and duties of employers), sec. 95-131 (adoption of standards), sec. 95-138 (Civil penalties) and sec. 95-139 (Criminal penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-005)
Charlotte Observer Publishing Company (affidavit) for the Mecklenburg County Manager's Office, Affidavit of Publication - Board of Health Rule (legal ad IPL0037907) (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-002)
Charlotte Observer Publishing Company (affidavit) for the County Manager's Office, Affidavit of Publication - Revised Board of Health Rule (legal ad IPL0040138) (Sept. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-003)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 183 (Dec. 21, 2020) (Ex. NC-036)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 234 (Sept. 24, 2021) (Ex. NC-060)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 211 (May 10, 2021) (Ex. NC-065)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Scott Mabry, Assistant Deputy Commissioner; Commissioner Josh Dobson), NCDOL OSH Division Memo, 'Repeal - Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard on Occupational Exposure to COVID-19' (March 30, 2022) (Mar. 30, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-016)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Commissioner of Labor), 13 NCAC 07F.0101 (General Industry), incorporating 29 C.F.R. Part 1910 by reference; amended effective July 21, 2021 as an emergency temporary standard (COVID-19 Healthcare ETS, 29 C.F.R. 1910.502-.509) and amended effective March 4, 2022 on the expiration of that standard (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-009)
North Carolina Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Scott Mabry, Assistant Deputy Commissioner; Commissioner Josh Dobson), NCDOL OSH Division Memo COV 5A, 'Updated Interim Enforcement Response Plan for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)' (dated March 24, 2022, updating the Division's adoption of OSHA's memorandum of July 7, 2021, attached), with the attached federal memorandum (Mar. 24, 2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-015)
Gibbie Harris, Health Director, Mecklenburg County Department of Public Health, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (Oct. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-009)
Gibbie Harris, MSPH, BSN, Mecklenburg County Health Director, Order for Prohibiting Mass Gatherings (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-020)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 144 (June 5, 2020) (Ex. NC-042)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 236 (Oct. 4, 2021) (Ex. NC-061)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 193 (Feb. 9, 2021) (Ex. NC-064)
North Carolina Commission for Public Health, 10A NCAC 41A.0101 (Reportable Diseases and Conditions), as amended by emergency rule effective February 17, 2020 (novel coronavirus infection), temporary rule effective April 24, 2020 and permanent rule effective July 1, 2020 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-008)
North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division (with State health officials), NCDOT release, July 2, 2020: Ocracoke Express passenger ferry resumes July 3, 2020 after final approval of Senate Bill 750; passengers limited to 96 ('about half of what the vessel's certificate of occupancy allows'); face coverings strongly encouraged; groups six feet apart; no refreshments (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-052)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 6 (Communicable Diseases), Part 1, secs. 130A-133 to 130A-148, including sec. 130A-144 (Investigation and control measures) and sec. 130A-145 (Quarantine and isolation authority) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-001)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 224 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-061)
Chair George Dunlap, Mayor Vi Lyles and the six town mayors, in conjunction with the Emergency Management Coordinator and in consultation with the Public Health Director, Revised Joint Proclamation... Restricting Movement of All Individuals... to Stay at Their Place of Residence (Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-018)
NCDHHS (circulated by the State Board of Dental Examiners), NCDHHS COVID-19 guidance update for dental settings (March 20, 2020) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-048)
North Carolina Commission for Public Health, 15A NCAC 18A.2650 (General - Adoption by Reference): the FDA Food Code incorporated by reference as the sanitation rule for food establishments (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-013)
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds Fredrick Smith, Register of Deeds website notice, 'Effective Until Further Notice': access to the office limited; services by appointment only; attorneys urged to e-record (as archived April 2, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-075)
Chair George Dunlap and Mayor Vi Lyles, in consultation with the Public Health Director and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Director, Third Revised and Amended Joint Proclamation (mask mandate) (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-023)
Gibbie Harris, Health Director, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard - The Encampment Site (Feb. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-028)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 120 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NC-004)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 215 (May 14, 2021) (Ex. NC-029)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020) (Sept. 4, 2020) (Ex. NC-073)
George Dunlap, Chair, Board of County Commissioners, and Vi Alexander Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte, with the six town mayors, Mecklenburg County and City of Charlotte Joint Proclamation of a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-008)
Chair George Dunlap; Mayor Vi Lyles; Mayor John Higdon (Matthews), in consultation with the Public Health Director, Amended Joint Proclamation (face coverings) (July 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-011)
Mecklenburg County (Public Health), Travel Advisory, updated March 23, 2020 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-021)
Orange County (media release quoting Chair Penny Rich and Health Director Quintana Stewart), Media release: Orange County Extends Emergency Declaration, Mandates Face Coverings (June 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-030)
Chair, Board of County Commissioners, in consultation with the Public Health Director and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Emergency Management Director, Second and Revised Amended Proclamation (adopting EO 215) (June 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-037)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, Order of Abatement of Imminent Hazard (restaurants and bars), March 17, 2020 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-067)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS letter to hospital and ambulatory surgery center leaders, March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-068)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS), NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-125)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 232 (Sept. 2, 2021) (Ex. NC-059)
N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler), N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020 (July 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 220 (June 11, 2021) (Ex. NC-030)
General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 130A-248 (Regulation of food and lodging establishments) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-011)
General Assembly of North Carolina (ratified June 24, 2020; approved by Governor Roy Cooper July 2, 2020), Session Law 2020-89 (House Bill 118), An Act to Provide Limited Immunity from Liability for Claims Based on Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), enacting G.S. secs. 99E-70 to 99E-72 (COVID-19 Limited Immunity) (July 2, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NC-006)
Supreme Court of North Carolina, Kinsley v. Ace Speedway Racing, Ltd., No. 280PA22 (N.C. Aug. 23, 2024), affirming 284 N.C. App. 665 (2022) (Ex. DUT-NC-017)
City of Charlotte (news release, Cory Burkarth), City release: 'City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County to Issue Mask Mandate Effective 5pm Today' (Aug. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-010)
Mayor Vi Lyles (statement), Statement from Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles (mask mandate) (Aug. 16, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-017)
Mecklenburg County, Mecklenburg County Stay at Home Order - Frequently Asked Questions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-019)
Durham County Board of County Commissioners agenda memo (Apr. 23, 2020, Legistar 20-0158), Covering the Triangle proposal, Memo 'Face coverings for Durham County' recording the county's face covering requirement (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-062)
Durham City Council (work session minutes, May 21, 2020), Minutes recording the Mayor's update: local Stay at Home Order extended through June 1, 2020; Safer at Home Order to follow; face coverings continue; outdoor gatherings limited to 10 (May 21, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLT-063)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 118 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-003)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 121 (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. NC-005)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 181 (Dec. 8, 2020) (Ex. NC-023)
North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners, Statement on providing dental services during the COVID-19 pandemic (April 30, 2020) (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. NC-047)
Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-012)
