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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-KS-009	K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…	Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)	KansasState	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-007	N.Y. Public Health Law § 2100 (communicable diseases; local boards of health and health officers; powers and duties)Communicable diseases; local boards of health and health officers; powers and duties	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 21, title 1); powers exercised by local boards of health and health officers	New YorkState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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. DUT-NV-002	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990NRS Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)	Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-080	Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travelEmergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Effective March 23, 2020 at 5:00 PM	Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health	Town of Provincetown (Barnstable County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantine	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-001	Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (sanitary and quarantine measures; conditions of employment; food…	Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holders	MississippiState	Mar. 25, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. NE-088	COVID-19 Directive Health Measures of April 3, 2020East Central District Health Department COVID-19 Directive Health Measures	East Central District Health Department (Board of Health and Health Director)	East Central District Health Department (Boone, Colfax, Nance and Platte Counties; Columbus)County	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ND-002	N.D.C.C. 23-07-06, 23-07-13, 23-07-14, 23-07-15, 23-07-21Contagious or infectious diseases - power of local board of health to quarantine; local board may establish temporary hospital (infected…	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health and the local boards of health)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-002	Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109, Authority to regulate public health -- ExceptionsArk. Code Ann. 20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health -- Exceptions (State Board of Health rulemaking for public health and safety…	General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 6)	ArkansasState	Mar. 18, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-002	K.S.A. 65-119, Duties of local boards of health and local health officers; contagious diseases (current text, as amended L. 2025, ch. 115, § 2)65-119. Duties of local boards of health and health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, when	Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)	KansasState	July 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-002	Administrative Order for Public Health Control Measures Related to COVID-19, Directing All Residents of Fulton County to Shelter in PlaceFulton County Board of Health Administrative Order (20.03.31)	S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., District Health Director, Public Health District 3.2, and C.E.O., Fulton County Board of Health	Fulton County, Georgia (Public Health District 3-2)County	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	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. DUT-AL-001	Ala. Code §§ 22-2-2 and 22-2-8State Board of Health -- Authority and jurisdiction; State Health Officer	Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22)	AlabamaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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. WV-082	Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order)Businesses serving the public with three new COVID-19 cases required to close for deep cleaning; second occurrence adds 14-day quarantine…	Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer)	Monongalia CountyCounty	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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. DUT-ND-004	N.D.C.C. 23-35-08, 23-35-09, 23-35-12, 23-35-13Boards of health - powers and duties; abatement and removal of nuisance, source of filth, and cause of sickness; local health officers…	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the local boards of health and public health units)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureFace-covering requirementQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-001	S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 1 (Department of Health and Environmental Control), §§ 44-1-80, 44-1-100, 44-1-110, 44-1-140, 44-1-150Duties and powers as to communicable or epidemic diseases; assistance from peace and health officers; quarantine system; rules and…	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	July 2, 2002	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-002	Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 2 (sections 32.1-35 to 32.1-73.x), including Article 3 Disease Control (sections 32.1-42 Emergency rules and regulations; 32.1-43 Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc.; 32.1-48 Powers of Commissioner in epidemic) and Article 3.01 Isolation and Quarantine of Persons with Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat (sections 32.1-48.05 to 32.1-48.017)Code of Virginia, Title 32.1 Health, Chapter 2 Disease Prevention and Control (full chapter text)	General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control)	VirginiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	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. 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. 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

Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-009)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 21, title 1); powers exercised by local boards of health and health officers, N.Y. Public Health Law § 2100 (communicable diseases; local boards of health and health officers; powers and duties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-007)
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)
Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-002)
Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travel (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-080)
Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holders, Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12) (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-001)
East Central District Health Department (Board of Health and Health Director), COVID-19 Directive Health Measures of April 3, 2020 (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. NE-088)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health and the local boards of health), N.D.C.C. 23-07-06, 23-07-13, 23-07-14, 23-07-15, 23-07-21 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-002)
General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 6), Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109, Authority to regulate public health -- Exceptions (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-002)
Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.S.A. 65-119, Duties of local boards of health and local health officers; contagious diseases (current text, as amended L. 2025, ch. 115, § 2) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-002)
S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., District Health Director, Public Health District 3.2, and C.E.O., Fulton County Board of Health, Administrative Order for Public Health Control Measures Related to COVID-19, Directing All Residents of Fulton County to Shelter in Place (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-002)
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)
Legislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22), Ala. Code §§ 22-2-2 and 22-2-8 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AL-001)
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)
Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer), Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order) (July 14, 2020) (Ex. WV-082)
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)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the local boards of health and public health units), N.D.C.C. 23-35-08, 23-35-09, 23-35-12, 23-35-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-004)
General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 1 (Department of Health and Environmental Control), §§ 44-1-80, 44-1-100, 44-1-110, 44-1-140, 44-1-150 (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-001)
General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control), Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 2 (sections 32.1-35 to 32.1-73.x), including Article 3 Disease Control (sections 32.1-42 Emergency rules and regulations; 32.1-43 Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc.; 32.1-48 Powers of Commissioner in epidemic) and Article 3.01 Isolation and Quarantine of Persons with Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat (sections 32.1-48.05 to 32.1-48.017) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-002)
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)
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)
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)

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