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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-ME-009	22 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)	MaineState	Jan. 5, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. IN-085	Bloomington Resolution 20-11 (passed 9-0, July 22, 2020) supporting the Monroe County Health Department Public Health Order of July 17, 2020, the Board of Health Public Health Regulation of July 21, 2020 and Mayor's Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020Monroe County face-covering order (effective July 17, 2020) and regulations on gathering size and service in bars, restaurants and…	Common Council of the City of Bloomington (Resolution 20-11), reciting orders of the Monroe County Health Department (July 17, 2020), the Monroe County Board of Health (regulation of July 21, 2020) and Mayor John Hamilton (Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020)	City of Bloomington and Monroe County, IndianaCity	July 22, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-018	Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited…	Fulton County Board of Health	Fulton County, GeorgiaCounty	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-088	Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sportsMontgomery County Board of Health order: all K-12 schools virtual, Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2020	Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020	Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)County	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Gathering capSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029	State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten)Statewide requirement that all individuals aged two and older wear masks when indoors at public and private K-12 schools	M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner	Virginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-051	Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding RequirementsHealth Officer's Order No. 20-056	Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District	Snohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)County	Mar. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-004	Board of Health Resolution No. 20-08Resolution No. 20-08 (Declaration of Public Health Emergency, COVID-19)	Board of Health of the City of Columbus (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Secretary; Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, RN, President Pro Tempore)	City of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-005	Board of Health Resolution No. 20-09Resolution No. 20-09 (Public Health Emergency: Delegation of Authority to the Health Commissioner)	Board of Health of the City of Columbus	City of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCity	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-021	Sixth Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-842 (corrected copy)Sixth Amended Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the County	County Council sitting as the Board of Health	Montgomery County, MarylandCounty	May 18, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-002	N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws)Wilful violation of health laws	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)	New YorkState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-010	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 446 (Food Establishments), as in force in 2020-2021 (Wayback Machine capture of the Legislature's chapter page, June 9, 2021), NRS 446.880, 446.935, 446.940, 446.945NRS Chapter 446 - Food Establishments (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature, archived June 9, 2021)	Nevada Legislature; enforced by the health authority (the Southern Nevada Health District, the Washoe County Health District, the Carson City Health and Human Services Department and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health)	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-061	Johnson County Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20Public health order applicable within the entirety of Johnson County: physical distancing; mass gatherings limited to 50 or 50 percent…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health	Johnson County, KansasCounty	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-067	Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21Public Health Order applicable within the entirety of Johnson County: masks or other face coverings required in public and private school…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman), on the Local Health Officer's proposal	Johnson County, KansasCounty	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. VA-044	VDH Frequently Asked Questions: State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools, issued August 12, 2021 (updated Aug. 17, 2021)Frequently Asked Questions - State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency - Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12…	Virginia Department of Health	VirginiaSector regulator	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-038	Order of the Board of Health of the City of New York to Reopen Child Care ProgramsRescission, effective July 13, 2020, of the Board's Child Care Order of April 3, 2020 (closing school-based instructional programs for ages…	Board of Health of the City of New York	New York CityCity	July 13, 2020	2020 Q3	Business closureSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. MT-075	Emergency Health Rule EHR-2020-001 (closure of bars, brew pubs, casinos and restaurant dining rooms extended to Apr. 3, 2020 and expanded to gyms, fitness facilities, athletic centers, workout studios, paintball parlors, ice rinks, indoor climbing, trampoline parks, indoor sporting arenas, cinemas and theatres)Emergency Health Rule 2020-001 Relating to COVID-19 (adopted at the Board's emergency meeting of March 18, 2020)	Gallatin City-County Board of Health	Gallatin County, MontanaCounty	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-VT-008	18 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers)Duties of local health officers	Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials)	VermontState	July 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-KC-057	Public Health Board Order No. 001-20Emergency public health order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the County: large public gatherings prohibited; restaurants, bars…	Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman)	Johnson County, KansasCounty	Mar. 19, 2020		Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-002	Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders; injunctions; closure; civil penalties), 19a-207 (local enforcement of the Public Health Code; DPH enforcement in emergencies), 19a-221 (local quarantine and isolation orders; duty to carry out the Commissioner's emergency orders), 19a-230 (penalty)Chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities	Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities)	ConnecticutState	Dec. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AL-007	Emergency Rule 420-4-1-.13 ER, Statewide Social Distancing Requirements in Response to COVID-19Emergency rule adopting the State Health Officer's statewide order as a rule of the State Board of Health	Alabama Department of Public Health (State Board of Health)	AlabamaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-015	Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments (effective September 7, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments, effective September 7, 2019	Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Environmental Health Protection (Nathaniel Smith, M.D., Secretary of Health)	ArkansasState	Sept. 7, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-014	Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (June 29, 2020)Renewal of Public Health Emergency	Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (under Board of Health Res. 20-08 and 20-09)	City of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCity	June 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Emergency declaration	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

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), 22 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-009)
Common Council of the City of Bloomington (Resolution 20-11), reciting orders of the Monroe County Health Department (July 17, 2020), the Monroe County Board of Health (regulation of July 21, 2020) and Mayor John Hamilton (Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020), Bloomington Resolution 20-11 (passed 9-0, July 22, 2020) supporting the Monroe County Health Department Public Health Order of July 17, 2020, the Board of Health Public Health Regulation of July 21, 2020 and Mayor's Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020 (Ex. IN-085)
Fulton County Board of Health, Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human Contact (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-018)
Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020, Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sports (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-088)
M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner, State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029)
Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District, Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding Requirements (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-051)
Board of Health of the City of Columbus (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Secretary; Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, RN, President Pro Tempore), Board of Health Resolution No. 20-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-004)
Board of Health of the City of Columbus, Board of Health Resolution No. 20-09 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-005)
County Council sitting as the Board of Health, Sixth Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-842 (corrected copy) (May 18, 2021) (Ex. MET-DCM-021)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-002)
Nevada Legislature; enforced by the health authority (the Southern Nevada Health District, the Washoe County Health District, the Carson City Health and Human Services Department and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health), Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 446 (Food Establishments), as in force in 2020-2021 (Wayback Machine capture of the Legislature's chapter page, June 9, 2021), NRS 446.880, 446.935, 446.940, 446.945 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-010)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health, Johnson County Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20 (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-061)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman), on the Local Health Officer's proposal, Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21 (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. MET-KC-067)
Virginia Department of Health, VDH Frequently Asked Questions: State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools, issued August 12, 2021 (updated Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. VA-044)
Board of Health of the City of New York, Order of the Board of Health of the City of New York to Reopen Child Care Programs (July 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-038)
Gallatin City-County Board of Health, Emergency Health Rule EHR-2020-001 (closure of bars, brew pubs, casinos and restaurant dining rooms extended to Apr. 3, 2020 and expanded to gyms, fitness facilities, athletic centers, workout studios, paintball parlors, ice rinks, indoor climbing, trampoline parks, indoor sporting arenas, cinemas and theatres) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MT-075)
Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials), 18 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-008)
Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of Health (Ed Eilert, Chairman), Public Health Board Order No. 001-20 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MET-KC-057)
Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities), Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders; injunctions; closure; civil penalties), 19a-207 (local enforcement of the Public Health Code; DPH enforcement in emergencies), 19a-221 (local quarantine and isolation orders; duty to carry out the Commissioner's emergency orders), 19a-230 (penalty) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-002)
Alabama Department of Public Health (State Board of Health), Emergency Rule 420-4-1-.13 ER, Statewide Social Distancing Requirements in Response to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AL-007)
Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Environmental Health Protection (Nathaniel Smith, M.D., Secretary of Health), Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments (effective September 7, 2019) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-015)
Health Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (under Board of Health Res. 20-08 and 20-09), Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (June 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-014)
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)

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