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Ex. DUT-KS-009K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)KansasStateJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 peopleTexas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. NM-010Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect; and Amending the March 23, 2020 Public Health Emergency Order Closing All Businesses and Non-Profit Entities Except for those Deemed Essential (Apr. 6, 2020)Amended closure order of April 6, 2020Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. NM-039Public Health Emergency Order of November 13, 2020 (the two-week 'reset')Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. JimenezNew MexicoStateNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-012Public Health Emergency Order of April 30, 2020 amending the March 23, April 6 and April 11 closure ordersPublic Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateApr. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-002Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 2 (sections 32.1-35 to 32.1-73.x), including Article 3 Disease Control (sections 32.1-42 Emergency rules and regulations; 32.1-43 Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc.; 32.1-48 Powers of Commissioner in epidemic) and Article 3.01 Isolation and Quarantine of Persons with Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat (sections 32.1-48.05 to 32.1-48.017)Code of Virginia, Title 32.1 Health, Chapter 2 Disease Prevention and Control (full chapter text)General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control)VirginiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NM-016Public Health Emergency Order of May 15, 2020 (Phase 1 reopening; universal face coverings)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateMay 15, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NM-040Amended Public Health Emergency Order of November 18, 2020 (reset tightened; big-box retail closed; animal grooming barred)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. JimenezNew MexicoStateNov. 18, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CO-010Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health Orders (revised Mar. 31, 2020)Frequently Asked Questions: Enforcement of Public Health OrdersColorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (Department of Law)ColoradoStateMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-007La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor)Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act: declaration of a state of public health emergency by executive order or proclamation, to be…Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)LouisianaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. NM-011Amended Public Health Emergency Order of April 11, 2020 (houses of worship)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateApr. 11, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. FL-035DOH Public Health Advisory (In re: Updated Measures to Ensure Protection of Public Health in Response to COVID-19)Public Health Advisory: wearing face coverings; vulnerable populations; gatheringsState Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.FloridaStateJune 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. NM-006New Mexico Public Health Emergency Order (Mar. 23, 2020; eff. Mar. 24, 8:00 a.m.)Public Health Emergency Order Closing All Businesses and Non-Profit Entities Except for those Deemed Essential and Providing Additional…Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel, 'as directed by the Governor pursuant to the full scope of her emergency powers'New MexicoStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. CA-007Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy)Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order)Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia AngellCaliforniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. OH-022Urgent Health Advisory: Ohioans Protecting OhioansUrgent Health Advisory - Ohioans Protecting OhioansAmy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of HealthOhioStateMay 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Stay-at-homeOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-082COVID-19 Health Mandate 012 - Intrastate Travel, issued Mar. 27, 2020 (updated Apr. 9 and Apr. 21, 2020), effective 8:00 a.m. Mar. 28, 2020 'until rescinded': all in-state travel between communities prohibited unless to support critical infrastructure or for critical personal needs; critical-infrastructure businesses must submit travel plans; small communities may impose further restrictions (Attachment B); air carriers to inquire and rely on travelers' assurances; supersedes local and tribal intrastate travel restrictionsCOVID-19 Health Mandate 012 - Intrastate Travel - Limiting travel between communities to critical infrastructure or critical personal needsGovernor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum, Alaska Department of Health and Social Services; Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical OfficerAlaska (statewide; all in-state travel between communities)StateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-007StatuteGovernor's orders in a catastrophic health emergency: seizure and rationing, medical examination, testing and vaccination, isolation and…Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)MarylandState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AK-013COVID-19 Health Mandate 011 (Social Distancing)Health Mandate 011 (statewide stay-at-home order; closure of non-essential businesses; prohibition of gatherings; employer telework duty)Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. ZinkAlaskaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-01564 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)West VirginiaStateJuly 12, 20132020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AL-013Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Applicable Statewide), Amended April 3, 2020 (with technical revisions dated April 10, 2020) -- the Stay at Home OrderStay at Home OrderState Health Officer Scott Harris (announced by Governor Ivey)AlabamaStateApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. FL-014DOH Public Health AdvisoryPublic Health Advisory (protective measures for vulnerable populations, gatherings of private citizens and density of the workforce)State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.FloridaStateMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. DC-008Mayor's Order 2020-063Extensions of Public Emergency and Public Health Emergency and Measures to Protect Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Public Health…Mayor Muriel BowserDistrict of ColumbiaStateApr. 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-008StatuteOffense of knowing and willful failure to comply with an order, requirement or directive issued in a catastrophic health emergency…Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A)MarylandState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closurePrimary source read
Ex. VA-016Executive Order 72 and Order of Public Health Emergency NineCommonsense Surge Restrictions; Certain Temporary Restrictions Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateDec. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read