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Ex. TN-040Executive Order No. 91An Order Extending Executive Order 84Governor Bill LeeTennesseeStateNov. 5, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-053'FCPS to Require Proof of COVID-19 Vaccination for Athletic Participation' (Aug. 30, 2021)Proof of full vaccination required from November 8, 2021 for student athletes and for other activities requiring a physicalFairfax County Public SchoolsFairfax County Public Schools, VirginiaCountyAug. 30, 2021Schools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. TN-041Executive Order No. 92An Order Terminating Executive Order No. 84, as Amended by Executive Order Nos. 89 & 91, Regarding Mask Requirements in SchoolsGovernor Bill LeeTennesseeStateNov. 12, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. TN-066Public Chapter No. 6, Third Extraordinary Session (2021) (SB 9014 / HB 9077)An Act to amend Tennessee Code Annotated... relative to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic (Tenn. Code Ann. Title 14)Tennessee General Assembly (112th, Third Extraordinary Session), signed by Governor LeeTennesseeStateNov. 12, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DET-028Emergency Order (2021-01) for Control of Pandemic (amended Nov. 22, 2021)Educational Institutions - Daycares and Schools: facial coverings (amended; POST-PERIOD)Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health OfficerOakland County, MichiganCountyNov. 22, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-090Interim Final Rule with Comment, Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start Programs, 86 Fed. Reg. 68052 (Nov. 30, 2021)Vaccine and Mask Requirements To Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19 in Head Start ProgramsOffice of Head Start, ACF, HHSUnited States (federal); Administration for Children and Families, Office of Head StartFederalNov. 30, 2021Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-019Ho v. Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C., 2021 OK 68, 507 P.3d 673, Case No. 119,752Opinion reversing dismissal of a nurse's wrongful-discharge action: the Governor's COVID-19 emergency orders expressed established Oklahoma…Supreme Court of Oklahoma (Kauger, J., for the Court)OklahomaCourtDec. 14, 20212020 Q2Standing dutyHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. SC-043Disability Rights South Carolina v. McMaster, No. 21-2070, 24 F.4th 893 (4th Cir. Jan. 25, 2022)Vacating in part the D.S.C. preliminary injunction of September 28, 2021 against enforcement of Proviso 1.108 (as to the Governor and…United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Thacker, J.)South Carolina (federal)CourtJan. 25, 2022Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. OR-053Presiding Hearing Officer's Report on Rulemaking Hearing and Public Comment Period, OAR 333-019-1015 and 333-019-1030Hearing Officer Report: Masking Requirements in Schools and COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Teachers and School StaffOregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, Office of the State Public Health Director (Hearing Officer Brittany Hall)OregonStateJan. 28, 2022Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. NV-046Declaration of Emergency Directive 052Termination of Directives 024, 045, 047, 050 and 051 (statewide mask mandate) and of Directive 048 ss. 2-5; school mitigation plansGovernor Steve SisolakNevadaStateFeb. 10, 2022Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-017Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. v. Reynolds, No. 20-1510 (Iowa Feb. 18, 2022) (amended Apr. 7, 2022)Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc. d/b/a Tonic Bar, et al. v. Governor Kimberly K. Reynolds and Iowa Department of Public Health - opinion…Supreme Court of Iowa (Mansfield, J., for a unanimous court)IowaCourtFeb. 18, 20222020 Q32020 Q4Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-017Arbor Management Services, LLC v. Hendrix, No. A22A0068 (Ga. Ct. App. June 22, 2022)Opinion reversing the denial of a motion to dismiss: negligence claims for a senior-living facility's March 2020 infection-control conduct…Court of Appeals of Georgia (Doyle, P.J., with Reese, J., and Senior Appellate Judge Phipps)Georgia (Court of Appeals of Georgia, Third Division)CourtJune 22, 2022Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-107Ballotpedia, 'School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year'State-by-State table of 2021-22 school mask requirements and bans (instrument type and end date) and teacher/staff vaccination requirements…Ballotpedia (secondary source)United States (50 States and D.C.)OtherAug. 1, 20222021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-003School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic year (school mask requirements and bans, staff and student vaccine requirements, litigation)School responses to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic during the 2021-2022 academic yearBallotpediaUnited States (fifty States)OtherAug. 1, 20222021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MT-019Stand 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.)MontanaCourtDec. 12, 2023Standing dutyFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-002R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-17Additional general powersRhode Island General Assembly (codified statute administered by the Director of Health)Rhode IslandStateJune 30, 20252020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-011R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-15Immunity from liability -- Compensation for death or injury of disaster response workersRhode Island General AssemblyRhode IslandStateJuly 2, 20252020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00822 M.R.S. sec. 2492 (license required), sec. 2496 (Department rulemaking; Maine Food Code), sec. 2497 (right of entry and inspection without warrant), sec. 2498 (fines; correction directives; penalties for operating unlicensed; Attorney General injunction), sec. 2500 (suspension or revocation; emergency suspension where conditions 'may endanger the life, health or safety of persons')Title 22, Chapter 562: Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and…Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 562, Eating Establishments, Lodging Places, Campgrounds, Recreational and Sporting Camps, Youth Camps, Public Pools and Public Spas; administered by the DHHS Health Inspection Program)MaineStateJan. 5, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureAlcohol and barsStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00922 M.R.S. sec. 451 (appointment), sec. 453 (local board of health), sec. 454-A (powers and duties: inspection of premises where 'conditions posing a public health threat' exist; orders for 'the suppression and removal of nuisances and conditions suspected of posing or found to pose a public health threat'; enforcement of public health laws), sec. 461 (notice to clean or quit unfit premises; closure), sec. 462 (law enforcement assistance)Title 22, Chapter 153: Local Health Officers (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 153, Local Health Officers; every municipality's local health officer under the supervision of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services)MaineStateJan. 5, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-DE-00416 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 GuidelinesDelaware General Assembly (codified statute)DelawareStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IL-008740 ILCS 130/2 (duty owed to entrants)Statutory duty of every owner or occupier of premises to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances toward entrantsIllinois General Assembly (Premises Liability Act)IllinoisStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-007G.L. c. 111, s. 122Regulations relative to nuisances; examinationsGeneral Court (codified statute; powers of municipal boards of health)MassachusettsStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-008G.L. c. 111, s. 127AState sanitary code; adoption; enforcement; jurisdictionGeneral Court (codified statute; State Sanitary Code adopted by the Department of Public Health and enforced by boards of health)MassachusettsStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-019105 CMR 590.014(A)Permits: Suspension and Revocation; Summary Suspension of Permit/Emergency Closure without a Prior HearingDepartment of Public Health (State Sanitary Code, Chapter X; enforced by local boards of health)MassachusettsStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MT-002Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-203Public health inspectionsMontana Legislature (Montana Code Annotated, Title 50, ch. 1)MontanaStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read

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