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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-VA-003	12VAC5-90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control (full chapter), including 12VAC5-90-80 (Lists of diseases that shall be reported), 12VAC5-90-90 (Those required to report), 12VAC5-90-100 (Methods), 12VAC5-90-103 (Isolation for communicable disease of public health threat) and 12VAC5-90-107 (Quarantine)Virginia Administrative Code, Title 12, Agency 5, Chapter 90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control	State Board of Health (Virginia Department of Health)	VirginiaState	July 1, 1993	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-001	SDCL ch. 34-22, Contagious Disease Control (§§ 34-22-5, 34-22-9, 34-22-14, 34-22-17, 34-22-18, 34-22-18.1, 34-22-41 to 34-22-44)Contagious Disease Control: statewide system, rules on prevention, control, quarantine and isolation; enforcement; refusal to follow…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ND-001	N.D.C.C. 23-01-03, 23-01-04, 23-01-05Powers and duties of the health council; effect of rules and regulations; health officer - duties, including written orders relating to…	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health, since 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-001	AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395Prevention and control of conditions of public health importance; epidemiological investigation; isolation and quarantine; powers of the…	Alaska State Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Social Services)	AlaskaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. SD-032	2020 House Bill 1295 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-22-18.1An Act to revise provisions regarding contagious disease control and enforcement and to declare an emergency	South Dakota Legislature (95th Session); signed by the Governor	South DakotaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-002	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved)Communicable diseases; Department of Health and Human Services; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ND-012	Executive Order 2020-14Suspension of N.D.C.C. ch. 23-07.6 confinement procedure, authorizing the State Health Officer to issue disease-control orders (isolation…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. ND-024	Executive Order 2020-14.1Amended suspension of N.D.C.C. ch. 23-07.6: local health officers' confinement authority and local boards of health's quarantine authority…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-074	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency routine technical rule)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 added; Dental Health Practices covered)	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention	MaineState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029	Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020)Close contacts of a positive employee directed to self-quarantine 14 days; two housing units at the Monroe Correctional Complex placed in…	Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair)	Washington State Department of Corrections (Office of the Secretary); State levelState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-008	R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9Governor's responsibilities relating to disaster emergencies	Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials)	Rhode IslandState	July 6, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AZ-013	Executive Order 2020-22Protection of Vulnerable Residents at Nursing Care Institutions, Residential Care Institutions, ICF-IIDs and DD Medical Group Homes from…	Governor Douglas A. Ducey	ArizonaState	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. FL-044	DEM Order No. 20-009In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules, and Orders... (visitation restrictions and permissions; superseding DEM Orders 20-006 and 20-007)	Division of Emergency Management, Director Jared Moskowitz as State Coordinating Officer	FloridaState	Sept. 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. GA-013	Executive Order 04.08.20.03Ensuring the safety of employees and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19	Governor Brian P. Kemp	GeorgiaState	Apr. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. GA-018	Executive Order 04.23.20.02Providing guidance for reviving a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 ('Reviving a Healthy Georgia')	Governor Brian P. Kemp	GeorgiaState	Apr. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. KY-040	2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14)An Act relating to reopening the economy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in response to the state of emergency declared by the Governor of…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	KentuckyState	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-041	Amendment of the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (vaccination status of admitted patients; PA-NEDSS hospitalization reporting)Amendment of the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment	Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam	PennsylvaniaState	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-003	Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of Governor	General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 26, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-053	P.L. 2021, c. 103An Act concerning emergency health powers and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes (expiration and continuation of COVID-19…	New Jersey Legislature (Assembly Bill No. 5820); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	June 4, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-038	Order Further Amending the Amended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Weekly Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentOrder of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Further Amending the Amended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care…	Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam	PennsylvaniaState	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. PA-039	House Resolution No. 106, Session of 2021, Printer's No. 1753 (concurrent resolution terminating the March 6, 2020 proclamation of disaster emergency)Concurrent Resolution Terminating the March 6, 2020, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency	General Assembly of Pennsylvania (Senate 30-20; House 121-81)	PennsylvaniaState	June 10, 2021	2021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-011	Executive Order D 2020 016Temporarily Suspending Certain Regulatory Statutes Concerning Criminal Justice Due to the Presence of COVID-19 (suspension of the Department…	Governor Jared Polis	Colorado (Governor; Department of Corrections; Department of Public Safety; community corrections); State levelState	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-020	Executive Directive No. 20-037 (Revised)Authorization of Health Care Providers to Serve as COVID-19 Vaccinators (paramedics, EMTs, students, dentists, pharmacists and others under…	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)State	May 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-022	Memorandum: COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Expansion to Phase 1B Education and Childcare SectorsEligibility expansion: pre-K to grade 12 education workers and child-care workers effective Mar. 2, 2021; persons 16-64 with CDC-listed…	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)State	Mar. 11, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careHealth care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read

State Board of Health (Virginia Department of Health), 12VAC5-90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control (full chapter), including 12VAC5-90-80 (Lists of diseases that shall be reported), 12VAC5-90-90 (Those required to report), 12VAC5-90-100 (Methods), 12VAC5-90-103 (Isolation for communicable disease of public health threat) and 12VAC5-90-107 (Quarantine) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-003)
South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health), SDCL ch. 34-22, Contagious Disease Control (§§ 34-22-5, 34-22-9, 34-22-14, 34-22-17, 34-22-18, 34-22-18.1, 34-22-41 to 34-22-44) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-001)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health, since 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services), N.D.C.C. 23-01-03, 23-01-04, 23-01-05 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-001)
Alaska State Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Social Services), AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-001)
South Dakota Legislature (95th Session); signed by the Governor, 2020 House Bill 1295 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-22-18.1 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SD-032)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-002)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-14 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. ND-012)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-14.1 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. ND-024)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency routine technical rule) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-074)
Washington State Department of Corrections (Secretary Stephen Sinclair), Memorandum to All Interested Parties, 'First confirmed staff case of COVID-19 at MCC' (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-029)
Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials), R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-008)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-22 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. AZ-013)
Division of Emergency Management, Director Jared Moskowitz as State Coordinating Officer, DEM Order No. 20-009 (Sept. 1, 2020) (Ex. FL-044)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.08.20.03 (Apr. 8, 2020) (Ex. GA-013)
Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 04.23.20.02 (Apr. 23, 2020) (Ex. GA-018)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. KY-040)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Amendment of the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (vaccination status of admitted patients; PA-NEDSS hospitalization reporting) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. PA-041)
General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)
New Jersey Legislature (Assembly Bill No. 5820); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2021, c. 103 (June 4, 2021) (Ex. NJ-053)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Order Further Amending the Amended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Weekly Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (May 26, 2021) (Ex. PA-038)
General Assembly of Pennsylvania (Senate 30-20; House 121-81), House Resolution No. 106, Session of 2021, Printer's No. 1753 (concurrent resolution terminating the March 6, 2020 proclamation of disaster emergency) (June 10, 2021) (Ex. PA-039)
Governor Jared Polis, Executive Order D 2020 016 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-011)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-037 (Revised) (May 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-020)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Memorandum: COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility Expansion to Phase 1B Education and Childcare Sectors (Mar. 11, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-022)

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