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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. DUT-KS-009K.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)KansasStateJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-007N.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 dutiesNew York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 21, title 1); powers exercised by local boards of health and health officersNew YorkState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
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-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. 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. 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. DUT-NY-008N.Y. Public Health Law § 1303 (nuisances; local boards of health; general powers and duties)Nuisances; local boards of health; general powers and dutiesNew York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 13, title 1); powers exercised by local boards of health and health officersNew YorkState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary 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. 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. DUT-ND-002N.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 DakotaStateSept. 29, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary 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-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. 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. MT-075Emergency 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 HealthGallatin County, MontanaCountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
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-DCM-017Second Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-778Second Amended Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the CountyCounty Council sitting as the Board of HealthMontgomery County, MarylandCountyMar. 26, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-018Third Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-790Third Amended Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the CountyCounty Council sitting as the Board of HealthMontgomery County, MarylandCountyApr. 13, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DCM-019Fourth Amended Board of Health Regulation, Council Resolution 19-794Fourth Amended Board of Health Regulation to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the CountyCounty Council sitting as the Board of HealthMontgomery County, MarylandCountyApr. 20, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read

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