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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-01-058State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine RequirementState Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPHCaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-060State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Requirements for Visitors in Acute Health Care and Long-Term Care Settings)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Requirements for Visitors in Acute Health Care and Long-Term Care SettingsState Public Health Officer, CDPHCaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-116DC Health recommendation (Mar. 17, 2020) that all elective medical procedures, non-urgent hospital and outpatient visits and non-urgent dental procedures be postponed; DC Health guidance for resuming elective surgery (May 26, 2020)DC Health guidance on elective proceduresDC Health (Department of Health)District of ColumbiaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
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. SEC-01-071Order of the Commissioner of Public Health (March 15, 2020) (elective procedures)Order of the Commissioner of Public Health: Nonessential, Elective Invasive ProceduresCommissioner of Public Health (Department of Public Health), with the approval of the Public Health Council and the GovernorMassachusettsStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
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. 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. SEC-01-107Directed Health Measure Order 2020-011 (consolidated: Cass, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, with statewide sections II and III)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-011Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (Chief Medical Officer/Director of Public Health Gary Anthone)NebraskaStateApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
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. SEC-01-GM-073Organizer noticeNRHA Rural Health Policy Institute (32nd) and Annual Rural Health ConferenceNational Rural Health AssociationWashington (Policy Institute, February); San Diego (Annual Conference, May 2020, as scheduled), DC; CAOrganizerFeb. 1, 20212021 Q1Organizer noticePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-055Proclamation 21-14COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement (health care providers, health care settings, State agencies)Governor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateAug. 9, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-059State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Requirements for Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings (vaccine verification and testing)State Public Health Officer, CDPHCaliforniaStateJuly 26, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-103Executive Order 20-03-23-01Order of the Governor of the State of Maryland Number 20-03-23-01: Various Health Care Matters (authorizing the Secretary of Health to order…Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.MarylandStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-085216-RICR-20-15-8 (emergency regulation)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care ProvidersRhode Island Department of Health (Director Nicole Alexander-Scott)Rhode IslandStateAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-127Public Health Emergency Order (Apr. 30, 2020)Public Health Order permitting gradual resumption of medical and surgical operations under DOH guidelinesSecretary of HealthNew MexicoStateApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-057Hospital Surge Public Health OrderOrder of the State Public Health Officer: Hospital SurgeState Public Health Officer (CDPH)CaliforniaStateDec. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-092Order of Public Health Emergency TwoOrder of Public Health Emergency Two: Elective Surgery DelaysGovernor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-100Activation of Crisis Standards of Care in the Panhandle and North Central Health Districts (news release)Idaho activates Crisis Standards of Care in North Idaho due to surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalizationIdaho Department of Health and Welfare (Director Dave Jeppesen)IdahoStateSept. 7, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-093Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment CapacityOrder Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment CapacitySecretary of Health Rachel Levine (Department of Health)PennsylvaniaStateNov. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-110OAR 333-019-1011 (temporary rule filed Aug. 20, 2021; permanent Jan. 31, 2022)Masking Requirements to Control COVID-19 in Health Care SettingsOregon Health Authority, Public Health DivisionOregonStateAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-011Renewal of Determination that a Public Health Emergency Exists (July 19, 2021, effective July 20, 2021)Renewal of Determination That A Public Health Emergency ExistsSecretary of HHSUnited StatesFederalJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-013Temporary Final Rule, Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic Use, 44 C.F.R. part 328, 85 Fed. Reg. 20195Prioritization and Allocation of Certain Scarce or Threatened Health and Medical Resources for Domestic UseFEMA, Department of Homeland SecurityUnited StatesFederalApr. 10, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Supply chainPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-017CMS press release, Biden-Harris Administration to Expand Vaccination Requirements for Health Care SettingsAnnouncement that the emergency regulation requiring vaccination of nursing home staff will be expanded to hospitals, dialysis facilities…CMSUnited StatesFederalSept. 9, 2021OtherPrimary source read

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