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Ex. SEC-01-126Public Health Emergency Order (Mar. 27, 2020) prohibiting non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeries (following the Mar. 24, 2020 order)Public Health Order: non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeries prohibitedSecretary of Health Kathyleen Kunkel (Department of Health)New MexicoStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-26-GM-023KC Animal Health Corridor Summer Events Virtual TVB ReportKC Animal Health Corridor Global Animal Health Week / Animal Health Summit (Homecoming Dinner, Investment Forum: the animal-health…KC Animal Health CorridorKansas City, MOOrganizerMay 21, 20202020 Q2Organizer noticeConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-060Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)Shelby County, TennesseeCounty2020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-001Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release)Riverside County Public Health Officer declares local health emergencyRiverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release)Riverside County, CaliforniaCountyMar. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-055Utah County Health Department 'Public Health Orders / Directives / Guidance' page (May 15, 2020; capture of June 22, 2020)Listing of Utah County Public Health Orders: Revised Order March 23 - April 1, 2020; Order April 2 - 17, 2020; Order April 17 - May 1, 2020…Utah County Health DepartmentUtah County, UtahCountyMay 15, 20202020 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-062Declaration of Local Health Emergency and Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors proclaiming a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (March 10, 2020)San Bernardino County local emergency and local health emergency (March 10, 2020)San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Acting Health OfficerSan Bernardino County, CaliforniaCountyMar. 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-02-060Order of the Governor No. 20-03-23-01, Various Health Care MattersVarious Health Care Matters (authorizing the Secretary of Health to direct cessation of elective and non-urgent procedures; health care…Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-070Douglas County Directed Health Measure of March 18, 2020 (and salon closure order of March 24, 2020)Douglas County Health Department directed health measures, March 2020Douglas County Health Department, Health Director Adi Pour, Ph.D.Douglas County (Omaha)CountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-072Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (May 18, 2020) (resumption of urgent elective invasive procedures by attested providers)Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (Phase 1 reopening of health care)Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusettsStateMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-131State Public Health Order (Apr. 22, 2020) (health care facility protocols; Utah Roadmap for Resuming Elective Procedures)State Public Health Order: protocols for covered healthcare providers and resumption of elective proceduresUtah Department of HealthUtahStateApr. 22, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-060Northern Virginia Health Directors' Assessment of Phased Reopening CriteriaNoVA Health Directors Assessment of Phased Reopening Criteria (May 9, 2020)Northern Virginia Health DirectorsNorthern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William health districts and Alexandria Health Department)CountyMay 9, 20202020 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-058MDH Order of March 27, 2020, Designation of Health Officers (Quarantine)Order designating local health officers to issue isolation and quarantine directives during the COVID-19 catastrophic health emergencyMaryland Department of Health (Secretary Robert R. Neall)MarylandStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Quarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-058Order of the Public Health Officer Cancelling All Gatherings of More Than 10 Persons (March 13, 2020) and Order of the County Public Health Officer of March 16, 2020Gatherings of more than 10 persons cancelled (March 13, 2020)Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron KaiserRiverside County, CaliforniaCountyMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-085County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rulesLewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health OfficerLewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCountyMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-108COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mar. 19, 2020; revised Apr. 7 and Apr. 21, 2020)Health Mandate 005: Elective Medical Procedures (later: Health Care Providers and Facilities)Governor Mike Dunleavy, Commissioner of Health and Social Services Adam Crum, Chief Medical Officer Anne ZinkAlaskaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023)Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health EmergencyFood and Drug Administration, CDRHUnited States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederalMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSupply chainOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-104Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Mar. 19, 2020, amended Mar. 27, Apr. 3, 2020; Safer at Home Apr. 28, 2020)State Health Officer Order (postponing dental, medical and surgical procedures; barring hospital and nursing home visitation)State Health Officer Scott Harris (Alabama Department of Public Health)AlabamaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-KS-001Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021)AN ACT concerning public health; removing the authorization for a county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public…Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115)KansasStateJuly 1, 20252020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-TX-009Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervalsDeclaration of Public Health DisasterCommissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-130State Public Health Order (Mar. 23, 2020) postponing elective surgeries and proceduresState Public Health Order: elective surgeries and proceduresUtah Department of Health (Executive Director Joseph Miner)UtahStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CO-089Pitkin County Public Health Order (spring 2020; document captured Apr. 13, 2020)Pitkin County Public Health OrderPitkin County Public Health Director / Board of HealthPitkin County, Colorado (Aspen, Snowmass Village, Basalt)County2020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-090Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial DistrictChester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-002Order of the Public Health Officer Cancelling All Events With Attendance Above 250 Individuals (announced by news release of March 12, 2020)Riverside County public health officer orders large events canceledRiverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron KaiserRiverside County, CaliforniaCountyMar. 12, 20202020 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-075Emergency Health Rule EHR-2020-001 (closure of bars, brew pubs, casinos and restaurant dining rooms extended to Apr. 3, 2020 and expanded to gyms, fitness facilities, athletic centers, workout studios, paintball parlors, ice rinks, indoor climbing, trampoline parks, indoor sporting arenas, cinemas and theatres)Emergency Health Rule 2020-001 Relating to COVID-19 (adopted at the Board's emergency meeting of March 18, 2020)Gallatin City-County Board of HealthGallatin County, MontanaCountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-078Health Officer Order closing bars and prohibiting dine-in restaurant service (drive-through, takeout and delivery permitted)Missoula City-County Health Officer Order of March 16, 2020Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Missoula City-County Health DepartmentMissoula County (Missoula), MontanaCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsConfirmed from a secondary source