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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. FED-167	QSO-20-39-NH REVISED May 8, 2023 (current posting; visitation allowed for all residents at all times)QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED 05/08/2023)	CMS, Survey and Certification Group	United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)Federal	May 8, 2023		Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-024	Temporary Rule, Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, 88 Fed. Reg. 30037 (May 10, 2023)Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications	Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS	United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration and SAMHSAFederal	May 10, 2023		Telework mandateHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-052	Proclamation to Extend the Deadline for Persons Issued a Temporary Out-of-State Permit to Submit an Application for Licensure by Endorsement and for Persons Issued a Temporary Reinstatement Permit to Submit an Application for Licensure Reinstatement (May 4, 2023), reciting the Secretary's 2020-2023 proclamations and the Director's variancesIDFPR Proclamation extending the COVID-19 temporary out-of-state permit and temporary reinstatement permit deadlines to July 11, 2023	Mario Treto, Jr., Secretary, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation	Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation (umbrella licensing agency for the Medical Disciplinary Board, Board of Nursing, State Board of Pharmacy, Optometric Licensing and Disciplinary Board, Medical Licensing Board (chiropractic physicians), Physical Therapy Licensing and Disciplinary Board, Occupational Therapy Board, Clinical Psychologists Licensing and Disciplinary Board, Social Work and Professional Counselor boards, Massage Licensing Board, Veterinarian Licensing and Disciplinary Board and Funeral Directors and Embalmers Licensing and Disciplinary Board); State levelSector regulator	May 4, 2023		Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-053	IDFPR list, 'Issued COVID Temporary Practice Permits' (permits valid until July 11, 2023), by profession code, name, city, State and date issuedIssued COVID Temporary Practice Permits (physicians, registered nurses, pharmacists, respiratory care practitioners and other professions…	Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation	Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation; State levelSector regulator	July 11, 2023	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-019	Stand Up Montana v. Missoula County Public Schools, 2023 MT 240, No. DA 23-0046 (Mont. Dec. 12, 2023)Opinion affirming summary judgment for the Missoula County school districts on the substantive due process challenge to their 2021-22 mask…	Supreme Court of Montana (Gustafson, J.)	MontanaCourt	Dec. 12, 2023		Standing dutyFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-029	Methadone Take-Home Flexibilities Extension Guidance (Nov. 18, 2021)Methadone Take-Home Flexibilities Extension Guidance	SAMHSA	United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationFederal	Nov. 18, 2021		Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-030	Final Rule, Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, 89 Fed. Reg. 7528 (Feb. 2, 2024)Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder	SAMHSA, HHS	United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationFederal	Feb. 2, 2024		Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-011	R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-15Immunity from liability -- Compensation for death or injury of disaster response workers	Rhode Island General Assembly	Rhode IslandState	July 2, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
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. 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. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-067	Emergency Rule Establishing a New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit (26 TAC ch. 745, Subchapter X) (spring 2020)Emergency Rule Establishing New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit	Texas HHSC	Texas; HHSC Child Care RegulationSector regulator		2020 Q2	Schools and child careOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
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-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-001	Wis. Stat. § 252.02 (2019-20), Powers and duties of departmentPowers and duties of department: surveillance and inspection (1); closing schools and forbidding public gatherings (3); rules and orders for…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Health Services)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding 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
Ex. MET-BNA-077	Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-078	Shelby County Health Order No. 26Health Order No. 26 (September-October 2021: indoor mask requirements in businesses and schools continued)	Shelby County Health Department	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-111	Public Health Order 2021-1 Prohibiting Spectators at Sporting EventsBCPH Public Health Order 2021-1 (January 2021)	Boulder County Public Health	Boulder County, ColoradoCounty		2021 Q1	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-090	Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)	Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District	Chester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source

CMS, Survey and Certification Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED May 8, 2023 (current posting; visitation allowed for all residents at all times) (Ex. FED-167)
Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, HHS, Temporary Rule, Temporary Extension of COVID-19 Telemedicine Flexibilities for Prescription of Controlled Medications, 88 Fed. Reg. 30037 (May 10, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-024)
Mario Treto, Jr., Secretary, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Proclamation to Extend the Deadline for Persons Issued a Temporary Out-of-State Permit to Submit an Application for Licensure by Endorsement and for Persons Issued a Temporary Reinstatement Permit to Submit an Application for Licensure Reinstatement (May 4, 2023), reciting the Secretary's 2020-2023 proclamations and the Director's variances (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-052)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, IDFPR list, 'Issued COVID Temporary Practice Permits' (permits valid until July 11, 2023), by profession code, name, city, State and date issued (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-053)
Supreme Court of Montana (Gustafson, J.), Stand Up Montana v. Missoula County Public Schools, 2023 MT 240, No. DA 23-0046 (Mont. Dec. 12, 2023) (Ex. DUT-MT-019)
SAMHSA, Methadone Take-Home Flexibilities Extension Guidance (Nov. 18, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-029)
SAMHSA, HHS, Final Rule, Medications for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, 89 Fed. Reg. 7528 (Feb. 2, 2024) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-030)
Rhode Island General Assembly, R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-15 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-011)
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)
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)
Texas HHSC, Emergency Rule Establishing a New Temporary Emergency Child Care Permit (26 TAC ch. 745, Subchapter X) (spring 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-067)
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 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; administered by the Department of Health Services), Wis. Stat. § 252.02 (2019-20), Powers and duties of department (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-001)
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)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence) (Ex. MET-BNA-077)
Shelby County Health Department, Shelby County Health Order No. 26 (Ex. MET-BNA-078)
Boulder County Public Health, Public Health Order 2021-1 Prohibiting Spectators at Sporting Events (Ex. MET-DEN-111)
Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial District, Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-090)

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