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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MS-001	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (sanitary and quarantine measures; conditions of employment; food…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holders	MississippiState	Mar. 25, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-004	15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and ConditionsRules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (duty to report; duties of local health officer; suspects and contacts…	Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-010	Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020)Immunity from suit for COVID-19 exposure claims conditioned on a good-faith attempt to follow applicable public health guidance; premises…	Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020	MississippiState	July 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-002	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-17Rules and regulations of the State Board of Health; sanitary rules enforced by county health officers	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3)	MississippiState	Mar. 25, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-003	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15 (text in force from July 1, 2020)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (2020 text)	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3)	MississippiState	July 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-006	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5Investigation and control authority: epidemic, infectious and other disease; isolation and quarantine; physical control over property and…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23, Contagious and Infectious Diseases); State Department of Health and State Health Officer as the officers empowered	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-007	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022)Legislative reprint of the epidemic-control, isolation, quarantine and detainment provisions (the bill's proposed addition, Governor's…	Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022)	MississippiState	Feb. 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-005	Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(17) and (c)(1) (legislative reprint of 2021)Emergency Management Law: Governor's powers to secure compliance with orders through law enforcement and the boards of health; proclamation…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 33, ch. 15, Mississippi Emergency Management Law); Governor as the officer empowered	MississippiState	Feb. 2, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-009	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-1State Board of Health to adopt rules defining and classifying communicable diseases and establishing reporting, monitoring and preventive…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23)	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-019	MSDH web page, 'What to Do If You Are Diagnosed with or Exposed to COVID-19 (Isolation and Quarantine)' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,22245,420,878.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021MSDH isolation and quarantine directives (Aug. 25, 2021): isolate at least 10 days; 'Do not go to work until your isolation period ends'…	Mississippi State Department of Health (State Health Officer)	MississippiState	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-017	MSDH, COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants and Other Workplaces (July 2021)COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants and Other Workplaces: positive employees 'should isolate at home for a full 10 days'; unvaccinated close…	Mississippi State Department of Health	MississippiState	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-018	MSDH web page, 'Coronavirus COVID-19' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,0,420.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021MSDH COVID-19 main page (Aug. 25, 2021 state): index of the Department's guidance in force in the third quarter of 2021 (Prevention and…	Mississippi State Department of Health	MississippiState	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Standing dutySchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. MS-001	Executive Order 1457Designating the Mississippi State Department of Health as lead State agency for COVID-19 response and establishing a steering committee	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Mar. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MS-010	Executive Order 1471Civil immunity for health care facilities and professionals; MSDH, Board of Nursing and Board of Medical Licensure empowered to make…	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-088	Executive Order 1470 (extending the Shelter in Place order and postponing non-essential procedures)Executive Order 1470	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-011	MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured July 1, 2020MSDH prevention guidance for individuals, businesses and the community (July 1, 2020 state): stay home if sick; masks 'should' be worn away…	Mississippi State Department of Health	MississippiState	July 1, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-012	MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021MSDH prevention guidance (Aug. 25, 2021 state): 'Business and Community' section referring businesses to the MSDH Guidance for Restaurants…	Mississippi State Department of Health	MississippiState	Aug. 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-078	Executive Order No. 1470Postponement of surgeries and procedures not immediately medically necessary	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-040	MSDH mandate for Mississippi dentistry (Mar. 2020) as extended by the Board to Apr. 27, 2020 under EO 1470; EO 1466 (Mar. 24, 2020)Dentists must delay non-emergency care	Mississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners; Governor Tate Reeves (EO 1466, 1470)	MississippiState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-008	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-2Violating lawful order, life-threatening communicable diseases (felony)	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23)	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MS-014	Executive Order 1477Safer at Home Order	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MS-039	Executive Order 1525Safe Recovery Order	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Sept. 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MS-077	Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021)Leaders fear what could happen if Reeves ends state of emergency on Sunday as planned (Mississippi Today, Aug. 11, 2021)	Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)	MississippiState	Aug. 11, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-03-041	Executive Order No. 1477 (Safer at Home)Safer at Home order; resumption of non-emergent elective medical and dental procedures under MSDH guidelines	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MS-006	Executive Order 1463Gatherings above 10; dine-in suspended; visitation barred; telework encouraged; Essential Business or Operation defined; conflicting local…	Governor Tate Reeves	MississippiState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read

Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holders, Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-001)
Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases, 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-004)
Legislature of Mississippi; approved by Governor Tate Reeves July 8, 2020, Mississippi Back-to-Business Liability Assurance and Health Care Emergency Response Liability Protection Act (S.B. 3049, 2020) (July 8, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MS-010)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-17 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-002)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15 (text in force from July 1, 2020) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-003)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23, Contagious and Infectious Diseases); State Department of Health and State Health Officer as the officers empowered, Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-006)
Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-007)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 33, ch. 15, Mississippi Emergency Management Law); Governor as the officer empowered, Miss. Code Ann. § 33-15-11(b)(5), (b)(6), (b)(17) and (c)(1) (legislative reprint of 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-005)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-1 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-009)
Mississippi State Department of Health (State Health Officer), MSDH web page, 'What to Do If You Are Diagnosed with or Exposed to COVID-19 (Isolation and Quarantine)' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,22245,420,878.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021 (Ex. DUT-MS-019)
Mississippi State Department of Health, MSDH, COVID-19 Guidance for Restaurants and Other Workplaces (July 2021) (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. DUT-MS-017)
Mississippi State Department of Health, MSDH web page, 'Coronavirus COVID-19' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,0,420.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021 (Ex. DUT-MS-018)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1457 (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MS-001)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1471 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. MS-010)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1470 (extending the Shelter in Place order and postponing non-essential procedures) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-088)
Mississippi State Department of Health, MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured July 1, 2020 (Ex. DUT-MS-011)
Mississippi State Department of Health, MSDH web page, 'COVID-19 Guidance and Prevention for Individuals and the Community' (msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/14,21866,420.html), as captured Aug. 25, 2021 (Ex. DUT-MS-012)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order No. 1470 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-078)
Mississippi State Department of Health; Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners; Governor Tate Reeves (EO 1466, 1470), MSDH mandate for Mississippi dentistry (Mar. 2020) as extended by the Board to Apr. 27, 2020 under EO 1470; EO 1466 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-040)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 23), Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-2 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-008)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1477 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-014)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1525 (Sept. 30, 2020) (Ex. MS-039)
Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today), Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021) (Aug. 11, 2021) (Ex. MS-077)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order No. 1477 (Safer at Home) (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-041)
Governor Tate Reeves, Executive Order 1463 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MS-006)

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