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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. ID-066Board action declining a district-wide order; Ada and Valley County orders remain in effectCentral District Health Board votes to not adopt a district-wide public health order - Public Health Orders for Ada and Valley Counties and…Central District Board of HealthAda, Boise, Elmore and Valley Counties, Idaho (Central District Health)CountyDec. 15, 20202020 Q4OtherPrimary source read
Ex. ID-065Board action lifting the Ada County public health order and the Valley County mask orderCentral District Board of Health lifts public health order for Ada County, mask order for Valley CountyCentral District Board of HealthAda and Valley Counties, Idaho (Central District Health)CountyFeb. 19, 20212021 Q1OtherPrimary 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-BOS-112Notice that all Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expire May 29, 2021Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expires on May 29 (chelseama.gov, May 19, 2021)Chelsea Board of HealthCity of Chelsea, MassachusettsCityMay 19, 20212021 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
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. 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. WV-081Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 12 (2021 Reg. Sess., ch. 213)Relating to local health departments: local board of health rules subject to approval by the appointing county commission or municipality…West Virginia Legislature (2021 Regular Session), approved by Governor Jim JusticeWest VirginiaStateMar. 16, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary 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. 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. MT-073Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116, Powers and duties of local boards of health, as amended in 2021 (HB 121: governing-body control of emergency health orders; HB 257: local rules may not compel businesses to deny customer access)Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116. Powers and duties of local boards of health (MCA 2025 text with 2021 amendments)Montana Legislature (67th): HB 121 (approved Apr. 16, 2021) and HB 257 (approved May 7, 2021 after an amendatory veto); codified at Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116(4)-(9) (amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 324, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 408, L. 2021)MontanaStateMay 7, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Events and venuesVaccination or testingOtherPrimary 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. 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. LAW-325Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902)Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health, 186 U.S. 380 (1902)Supreme Court of the United StatesUnited States or State (legal authority; see citation)Legal authorityJune 2, 19022020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Legal authorityOtherPrimary 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. MET-BOS-083Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 CasesPublic Health Advisory, July 19, 2021Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and EnvironmentTown of Provincetown and Barnstable County, MassachusettsCountyJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-001Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 1 (sections 32.1-1 to 32.1-34), including sections 32.1-13 (Emergency orders and regulations), 32.1-20 (Commissioner vested with authority of Board), 32.1-26 (Orders; hearing and notice) and 32.1-27 (Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations)Code of Virginia, Title 32.1 Health, Chapter 1 Administration Generally (full chapter text)General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 1, Administration Generally)VirginiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
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