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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. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-124Summit County Board of Health resolution requiring the use of facial coverings in public (adopted Aug. 27, 2020), as announced in Summit County Public Health's release of Aug. 28, 2020Mandatory masking in all indoor public facilities and outdoors where six feet of distance cannot be maintained, effective immediately…Summit County Board of Health (Summit County Public Health, Akron, Ohio)Summit County, Ohio - Summit County Board of Health (local board of health of a general health district)CountyAug. 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NV-002Nevada 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 healthNevadaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-080Emergency 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 PMProvincetown Select Board and Board of HealthTown of Provincetown (Barnstable County), MassachusettsCityMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-004Revised Board of Health Rule Governing Face Coverings (Board draft, docx)Revised Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public PlacesBoard of County Commissioners as board of health (Manager's Report 21-7082)Mecklenburg County including all cities and townsCountyAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-001Miss. 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-holdersMississippiStateMar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. ID-058Public Health Order No. 2020-01 (mandatory face coverings)A Public Health Order of the Board of Health of South Central Public Health District Establishing Standards for Face Coverings for…Board of Health of South Central Public Health District (Linda F. Montgomery, Chair)South Central Public Health District (Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls Counties), IdahoCountyNov. 12, 20202020 Q4Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-052Health Officer's Order No. 20-059: Order of the Health Officer on Events during Declaration of Public Health EmergencyHealth Officer's Order No. 20-059Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Snohomish Health DistrictSnohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)CountyMar. 11, 20202020 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
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-CLT-001Mecklenburg County Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public Places (as proposed and adopted Aug. 18, 2021)Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings to be Worn in All Public PlacesMecklenburg County Board of Commissioners sitting as a Consolidated Human Services Agency exercising the powers of a local board of health (G.S. 153A-77)Mecklenburg County, 'including, but not limited to all Cities and Towns, whether incorporated or unincorporated'CountyAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-04-056Governor's release and letter of Aug. 17, 2021 urging expedited Board of Health rulemakingGovernor Polis Urges State Board of Health to Engage in Expedited Rulemaking to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for All Personnel Working Directly…Governor Jared Polis (letter to the State Board of Health)ColoradoStateAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-063Board of Public Health Order No. 002-20 as amended Feb. 25, 2021 (annotated copy)Order 002-20 with the Board of Public Health's Feb. 25, 2021 removal of the curfews and closing times in § II.4 and § II.5Board of County Commissioners of Johnson County, sitting as the County Board of HealthJohnson County, KansasCountyFeb. 25, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-043Knox County Health Department Regulation 2021-1COVID-19 Face Covering Regulation (Health Department regulation replacing Board of Health Regulation 2020-1)Dr. Martha Buchanan, Knox County Health Officer and Knox County Health DirectorKnox County, TennesseeCountyApr. 12, 20212021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. NE-088COVID-19 Directive Health Measures of April 3, 2020East Central District Health Department COVID-19 Directive Health MeasuresEast Central District Health Department (Board of Health and Health Director)East Central District Health Department (Boone, Colfax, Nance and Platte Counties; Columbus)CountyApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary 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. MET-ATL-002Administrative 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 HealthFulton County, Georgia (Public Health District 3-2)CountyMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CLT-025Board of Health Rule Requiring Face Coverings (adopted copy, county website)Mecklenburg County Board of Health Rule requiring face coverings (08-18-2021)Board of County Commissioners as board of healthMecklenburg County including all cities and townsCountyAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-015Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-760Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the CountyCounty Council sitting as the Montgomery County Board of HealthMontgomery County, MarylandCountyMar. 12, 20212021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-010Nevada 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)NevadaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-061Johnson 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 HealthJohnson County, KansasCountyNov. 13, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-001Ala. Code §§ 22-2-2 and 22-2-8State Board of Health -- Authority and jurisdiction; State Health OfficerLegislature of Alabama (Code of Alabama 1975, Title 22)AlabamaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. WV-082Monongalia 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 CountyCountyJuly 14, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-016First Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-768First Amended Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the CountyCounty Council sitting as the Board of HealthMontgomery County, MarylandCountyMar. 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-082Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19 Within the Town (revised March 4, 2021)Town of Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health Joint Emergency Rule and Order Imposing Certain Measures to Prevent the Spread of…Provincetown Select Board and Board of HealthTown of Provincetown, MassachusettsCityMar. 4, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-002Conn. 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 AuthoritiesConnecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities)ConnecticutStateDec. 6, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read