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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MN-009	Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025)Adoption of Federal Occupational Safety and Health Standards by Reference (29 C.F.R. parts 1904, 1910 and others, with the listed Federal…	Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655	MinnesotaState	Oct. 30, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-004	16 Del. C. §§ 501-510 (Report of contagious diseases; Notifiable diseases; Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine; Due process rights of quarantined individuals; Tracking of potential or existing public health emergencies)Delaware Code, Title 16, Chapter 5, Subchapter I: General Guidelines	Delaware General Assembly (codified statute)	DelawareState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-001	G.L. c. 17, s. 2AEmergency powers of the Commissioner of Public Health upon the Governor's declaration of an emergency detrimental to the public health	General Court (codified statute administered by the Commissioner of Public Health)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-011	105 CMR 300.100Diseases Reportable to Local Boards of Health (COVID-19 listed)	Department of Public Health (regulation)	MassachusettsState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ND-005	N.D.C.C. 37-17.1-05 (with 37-17.1-10 for local declarations)The governor and disasters or emergencies - penalty	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute; powers exercised by Governor Doug Burgum under Executive Order 2020-03)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-057	Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021)Tenth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued (jury trials remained postponed)	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court		2021 Q1	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-058	Administrative Order No. 17: Extension of Judicial Emergency (March 2021)Twelfth 30-day extension; Phase 2 continued	Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware	Supreme Court of the State of Delaware (statewide)Court		2021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079	Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) PandemicSixth Updated Order (spring 2021): phased resumption of jury trials (Phases 1-3) with six-person juries; continued limits on in-person…	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts	Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)Court		2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capCourts and public offices	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054	Office of the Professions memorandum, 'What Is Telepractice?' (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office's COVID-19 page)COVID-19 Telepractice Memo: definition of telepractice; New York law applied to telepractice; standards and competencies; requirements…	New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions)	New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (licensing authority under Title VIII of the Education Law for medicine, nursing, pharmacy, optometry, chiropractic, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, social work, mental-health practitioners, massage therapy and veterinary medicine); State levelSector regulator		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-007	O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51Emergency powers of Governor; termination of emergency; limitations in energy emergency; immunity	General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later)	GeorgiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-007	La. 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)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-016	La. R.S. 29:727 (parish homeland security and emergency preparedness agencies; local disaster or emergency declarations; powers of the parish president)Local disaster or emergency declarations by parish presidents (thirty days, renewable, ninety days with the governing authority's approval)…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-003	StatuteSecretary's orders in a catastrophic health emergency: evaluation and treatment, isolation and quarantine of individuals and groups…	Maryland General Assembly (Health-General Article, Title 18, Subtitle 9, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-004	StatuteOffense of knowing and willful failure to comply with a Secretary's order, regulation or directive; civil penalties and licensing discipline…	Maryland General Assembly (Health-General Article, Title 18, Subtitle 9)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-006	StatuteOffense of violating an order, rule or regulation issued under the Emergency Management subtitle; two-tier misdemeanor penalty	Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 1)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-007	StatuteGovernor'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)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-008	StatuteOffense 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)	MarylandState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-002	Wis. Stat. § 252.03 (2019-20), Duties of local health officersDuties of local health officers: investigate and 'promptly take all measures necessary to prevent, suppress and control communicable…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by county and municipal local health officers)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. FL-077	DOH Emergency Order No. 21-001In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules and Orders Made Necessary by COVID-19 (extension of professional licensure renewal deadlines)	State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.	FloridaSector regulator		2021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby 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, TennesseeCounty		2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (MNOSHA), by rule under Minn. Stat. § 182.655, Minn. R. 5205.0010 (current text, published October 30, 2025) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-009)
Delaware General Assembly (codified statute), 16 Del. C. §§ 501-510 (Report of contagious diseases; Notifiable diseases; Communicable diseases; regulations; quarantine; Due process rights of quarantined individuals; Tracking of potential or existing public health emergencies) (standing) (Ex. DUT-DE-004)
General Court (codified statute administered by the Commissioner of Public Health), G.L. c. 17, s. 2A (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-001)
Department of Public Health (regulation), 105 CMR 300.100 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-011)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute; powers exercised by Governor Doug Burgum under Executive Order 2020-03), N.D.C.C. 37-17.1-05 (with 37-17.1-10 for local declarations) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-005)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 15: Extension of Judicial Emergency (January 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-057)
Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Order No. 17: Extension of Judicial Emergency (March 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-058)
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Supreme Judicial Court Sixth Updated Order Regarding Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Pandemic (Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-079)
New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions (Deputy Commissioner for the Professions), Office of the Professions memorandum, 'What Is Telepractice?' (COVID-19 telepractice guidance for Title VIII licensees, posted on the Office's COVID-19 page) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-054)
General Assembly of Georgia (Georgia Emergency Management Act; Ga. L. 1951, p. 224, as amended through Ga. L. 2011, p. 701 (HB 339) and later), O.C.G.A. section 38-3-51 (standing) (Ex. DUT-GA-007)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-007)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:727 (parish homeland security and emergency preparedness agencies; local disaster or emergency declarations; powers of the parish president) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-016)
Maryland General Assembly (Health-General Article, Title 18, Subtitle 9, Catastrophic Health Emergencies), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-003)
Maryland General Assembly (Health-General Article, Title 18, Subtitle 9), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-004)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 1), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-006)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-007)
Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-008)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by county and municipal local health officers), Wis. Stat. § 252.03 (2019-20), Duties of local health officers (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-002)
State Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D, DOH Emergency Order No. 21-001 (Ex. FL-077)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)

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