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Ex. MET-ATL-018Resolution 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 HealthFulton County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-088Board 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, 2020Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)CountyNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Gathering capSchools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029State 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 schoolsM. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health CommissionerVirginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-051Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding RequirementsHealth Officer's Order No. 20-056Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health DistrictSnohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)CountyMar. 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-004Board 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, OhioCityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-005Board 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 ColumbusCity of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-021Sixth 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 CountyCounty Council sitting as the Board of HealthMontgomery County, MarylandCountyMay 18, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-002N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws)Wilful violation of health lawsNew York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)New YorkState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-067Johnson 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 proposalJohnson County, KansasCountyAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. VA-044VDH 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 HealthVirginiaSector regulatorAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-038Order 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 YorkNew York CityCityJuly 13, 20202020 Q3Business closureSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-00818 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers)Duties of local health officersVermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials)VermontStateJuly 1, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AL-007Emergency 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 HealthAlabama Department of Public Health (State Board of Health)AlabamaStateMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-014Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (June 29, 2020)Renewal of Public Health EmergencyHealth Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (under Board of Health Res. 20-08 and 20-09)City of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCityJune 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. ID-025Order 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 DirectorAda County, Idaho (Central District Health)CountyOct. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ID-080Order 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 HealthValley County, Idaho (Central District Health)CountyAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. ID-024Order 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 DirectorAda County, Idaho (Central District Health)CountyAug. 11, 20202020 Q32020 Q4Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-011Statute (version effective September 29, 2011, Am. Sub. H.B. 153, 129th G.A.)Orders and regulations of board of general health districtGeneral Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3709, Health Districts)Ohio (general health districts)StateSept. 29, 20112020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-052Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (Sept. 21, 2021, through Oct. 20, 2021)Renewal of Public Health Emergency DeclarationHealth Commissioner, Columbus Public Health (signed by Mayor Andrew J. Ginther and Mary Ellen Wewers, PhD, MPH, RN)City of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCitySept. 21, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MT-085County 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 rulesLewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health OfficerLewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCountyMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DEN-032Public Health Order 2021-07 requiring facial coverings in preschool-12 schools, child care and indoor youth settings for all individuals age 2 and older regardless of vaccination statusBCPH Public Health Order 2021-07 (August 9, 2021)Boulder County Public Health (approved by the Board of Health Aug. 9, 2021)Boulder County, ColoradoCountyAug. 9, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-068Johnson County Board of Health Order No. 001-21 (executed, journalized copy)See MET-KC-067Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of HealthJohnson County, KansasCountyAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. ND-024Executive Order 2020-14.1Amended suspension of N.D.C.C. ch. 23-07.6: local health officers' confinement authority and local boards of health's quarantine authority…Governor Doug BurgumNorth DakotaStateApr. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-001Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseasesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases (State Board of Health: general supervision and control; direction and control of…General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5)ArkansasStateMar. 19, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. NV-070Release, 'Board of Health approves emergency regs for COVID-19 vaccination'Release of August 20, 2021 on the NSHE student vaccination regulationNevada Health Response (Office of the Governor)NevadaStateAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careVaccination or testingPrimary source read