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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-SD-008	SDCL ch. 9-32, Sanitation and Health Measures (§§ 9-32-1 to 9-32-4)Municipal power for the promotion of health and the suppression of disease; city boards of health; inspection of food products and of…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute conferring municipal powers)	South Dakota (every municipality)State	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ID-022	Order Regarding Quarantine and Restriction (Ada County returned to Stage 3)Order of the District Board of Health, Central District Health, State of Idaho: Order regarding quarantine and restriction	Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director	Ada County, Idaho (Central District Health)County	June 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ID-023	Order Regarding Quarantine and Restriction (face coverings added; gatherings of 50 or more prohibited)Order of the District Board of Health, Central District Health: Order regarding quarantine and restriction (July 14, 2020)	Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director	Ada County, Idaho (Central District Health)County	July 14, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ID-025	Order Regarding Restriction (Ada County; bars closed pending school-category trigger; masks; gathering caps; long-term care visitation conditions)Order of the District Board of Health, Central District Health: Order regarding restriction (Oct. 20, 2020)	Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director	Ada County, Idaho (Central District Health)County	Oct. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ID-080	Order Regarding Restriction (Valley County face coverings)Order of the District Board of Health, Central District Health: Order regarding restriction - Employers, Businesses, and Individuals in…	Central District Health, District Board of Health	Valley County, Idaho (Central District Health)County	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. LAW-325	Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902)Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902)	Supreme Court of the United States	United States or State (legal authority; see citation)Legal authority	June 2, 1902	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Legal authorityOther	Primary source read
Ex. IA-065	Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020 (Resolution approving)Regulation requiring face coverings in all public places in Linn County when six feet of distance cannot be maintained	Linn County Board of Health (regulation approved November 16, 2020) and Board of Supervisors (Resolution 2020-11-, November 18, 2020)	Linn County, IowaCounty	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-035	Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Staff in Public Healthcare SettingsVaccination or weekly testing plus face covering for DOHMH clinical-setting staff and all NYC Health + Hospitals staff	Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D. (exercising the power of the Board of Health)	New York CityCity	July 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-001	Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021)AN ACT concerning public health; removing the authorization for a county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public…	Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115)	KansasState	July 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-001	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-501Contagious diseases; local public health department; county board of health; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-003	W. Va. Code § 16-2-11Local board of health; powers and duties	West Virginia Legislature (codified statute)	West VirginiaState	Mar. 4, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. ID-024	Order Regarding Quarantine and Restriction (amended: social gatherings over ten prohibited; masks on school property)Order of the District Board of Health, Central District Health: Order regarding quarantine and restriction (Aug. 11, 2020)	Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director	Ada County, Idaho (Central District Health)County	Aug. 11, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-042	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3COVID-19 Restaurant and Event Venue Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (1:00 a.m. close; effective 11:59 p.m. March 18, 2021…	Knox County Board of Health	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Mar. 18, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-015	Revised Face Coverings Health Rule (Sept. 8, 2021)Revised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public Places (Sept. 8, 2021)	Board of County Commissioners as board of health	Mecklenburg County including all cities and townsCounty	Sept. 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-035	Revised Health Rule (Nov. 3, 2021) - post-periodRevised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings (11-03-21)	Board of County Commissioners as board of health	Mecklenburg CountyCounty	Nov. 3, 2021		Face-covering requirement	Primary source read
Ex. MT-080	Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking)Missoula City-County Board of Health bar and restaurant rules, October 2020 to February 2021	Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer	Missoula County, MontanaCounty	Jan. 21, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-084	Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amended	Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments)	Cascade County, MontanaCounty	Nov. 20, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-OH-011	Statute (version effective September 29, 2011, Am. Sub. H.B. 153, 129th G.A.)Orders and regulations of board of general health district	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3709, Health Districts)	Ohio (general health districts)State	Sept. 29, 2011	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-083	Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 CasesPublic Health Advisory, July 19, 2021	Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment	Town of Provincetown and Barnstable County, MassachusettsCounty	July 19, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-008	Statute (version effective October 1, 1953, H.B. 1, 100th G.A.; in force through June 22, 2021)Powers of board - abatement of nuisances	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3707, Board of Health)	Ohio (boards of health of city and general health districts)State	Oct. 1, 1953	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. IN-086	Public Health Regulation and Order effective Aug. 5, 2021 (as reported by WISH-TV, Aug. 4, 2021)Countywide indoor face-covering requirement regardless of vaccination status	Monroe County Health Officer (Dr. Thomas W. Sharp) and Monroe County Board of Health, approved by the Monroe County Board of Commissioners	Monroe County, IndianaCounty	Aug. 4, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-037	Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-5COVID-19 Alcohol Service Curfew Regulation (restaurants and bars serving alcohol close at 11:00 p.m.)	Knox County Board of Health	Knox County, TennesseeCounty	Sept. 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-052	Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (Sept. 21, 2021, through Oct. 20, 2021)Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration	Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (signed by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, RN)	City of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCity	Sept. 21, 2021	2021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MT-066	Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-002, Quarantine and IsolationEmergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-002, Quarantine and Isolation	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Quarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source

South Dakota Legislature (codified statute conferring municipal powers), SDCL ch. 9-32, Sanitation and Health Measures (§§ 9-32-1 to 9-32-4) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-008)
Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director, Order Regarding Quarantine and Restriction (Ada County returned to Stage 3) (June 22, 2020) (Ex. ID-022)
Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director, Order Regarding Quarantine and Restriction (face coverings added; gatherings of 50 or more prohibited) (July 14, 2020) (Ex. ID-023)
Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director, Order Regarding Restriction (Ada County; bars closed pending school-category trigger; masks; gathering caps; long-term care visitation conditions) (Oct. 20, 2020) (Ex. ID-025)
Central District Health, District Board of Health, Order Regarding Restriction (Valley County face coverings) (Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. ID-080)
Supreme Court of the United States, Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902) (June 2, 1902) (Ex. LAW-325)
Linn County Board of Health (regulation approved November 16, 2020) and Board of Supervisors (Resolution 2020-11-, November 18, 2020), Linn County Public Health Face Covering Regulation 2020 (Resolution approving) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. IA-065)
Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene Dave A. Chokshi, M.D. (exercising the power of the Board of Health), Order of the Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene to Require COVID-19 Vaccination or Testing for Staff in Public Healthcare Settings (July 21, 2021) (Ex. MET-NYC-035)
Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115), Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-001)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-501 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-001)
West Virginia Legislature (codified statute), W. Va. Code § 16-2-11 (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-003)
Central District Health, District Board of Health, by Russell A. Duke, District Director, Order Regarding Quarantine and Restriction (amended: social gatherings over ten prohibited; masks on school property) (Aug. 11, 2020) (Ex. ID-024)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3 (Mar. 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-BNA-042)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Face Coverings Health Rule (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. MET-CLT-015)
Board of County Commissioners as board of health, Revised Health Rule (Nov. 3, 2021) - post-period (Ex. MET-CLT-035)
Missoula City-County Board of Health; Ellen Leahy, Health Officer, Missoula County bar and restaurant restrictions: 50 percent capacity and eight per table (October 2020); 10 p.m. closing (December 2020); Board revision of Jan. 21, 2021 (effective Jan. 22, 2021: capacity cap removed, 2 a.m. closing, eight per table, table service only, six-foot spacing, gaming machines spaced, masks except while eating or drinking) (Ex. MT-080)
Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments), Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeks (Ex. MT-084)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3709, Health Districts), Statute (version effective September 29, 2011, Am. Sub. H.B. 153, 129th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-011)
Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment, Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 Cases (July 19, 2021) (Ex. MET-BOS-083)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3707, Board of Health), Statute (version effective October 1, 1953, H.B. 1, 100th G.A.; in force through June 22, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-008)
Monroe County Health Officer (Dr. Thomas W. Sharp) and Monroe County Board of Health, approved by the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, Public Health Regulation and Order effective Aug. 5, 2021 (as reported by WISH-TV, Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. IN-086)
Knox County Board of Health, Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2020-5 (Sept. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-037)
Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (signed by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, RN), Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (Sept. 21, 2021, through Oct. 20, 2021) (Ex. MET-CMH-052)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Emergency Local Health Rule Relating to COVID-19, EHR-2020-002, Quarantine and Isolation (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-066)
Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)

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