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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. 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. 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. 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-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. 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. DUT-VA-002Va. 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)VirginiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary 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. 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. 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. MET-SLC-005Joint Public Health Order 2020-03 (Stay-at-Home)Joint Public Health Order, Stay-at-Home, Order No. 2020-03Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, the Summit County Council (5-0) and County Manager Thomas C. Fisher, in consultation with the Board of HealthSummit County, Utah (countywide, incorporated and unincorporated, including Park City)CountyMar. 25, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesPrimary 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. MET-CIN-013COVID-19 Health Advisory (Nov. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Health Advisory IssuedHamilton County Public Health (Hamilton County General Health District)Hamilton County, OhioCountyNov. 19, 20202020 Q4Stay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. UT-055Wasatch County Health Department Stay Safe Stay Home Order (with press release of March 30, 2020)Wasatch County Issues Health Order: Stay Safe Stay HomeRandall Probst, Wasatch County Health Officer, with the Wasatch County Board of Health and County CouncilWasatch County, UtahCountyMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-007Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases, effective January 1, 2019 (as reproduced, with the…Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of HealthArkansasStateJan. 1, 20192020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. CO-089Pitkin County Public Health Order (spring 2020; document captured Apr. 13, 2020)Pitkin County Public Health OrderPitkin County Public Health Director / Board of HealthPitkin County, Colorado (Aspen, Snowmass Village, Basalt)County2020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-CMH-033Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (Dec. 25, 2020, through Jan. 23, 2021)Renewal of Public Health EmergencyHealth Commissioner, Columbus Public HealthCity of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCityDec. 25, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-036Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (Mar. 24, 2021, through Apr. 23, 2021)Renewal of Public Health EmergencyHealth Commissioner, Columbus Public HealthCity of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCityMar. 24, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-039Renewal of Public Health Emergency Declaration (June 23, 2021, through July 22, 2021)Renewal of Public Health EmergencyHealth Commissioner, Columbus Public HealthCity of Columbus and City of Worthington, OhioCityJune 23, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read

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