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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-VA-003	12VAC5-90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control (full chapter), including 12VAC5-90-80 (Lists of diseases that shall be reported), 12VAC5-90-90 (Those required to report), 12VAC5-90-100 (Methods), 12VAC5-90-103 (Isolation for communicable disease of public health threat) and 12VAC5-90-107 (Quarantine)Virginia Administrative Code, Title 12, Agency 5, Chapter 90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control	State Board of Health (Virginia Department of Health)	VirginiaState	July 1, 1993	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DE-061	Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4406, Home Health Agencies--Aide Only (Licensure), § 11.0 Infection Control (25 Del. Reg. 27 (July 1, 2021))DHSS Emergency Secretary's Order: every aide-only home health agency must establish a CDC-based infection prevention and control program…	Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality)	DelawareSector regulator	June 25, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. VA-038	16VAC25-220, Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19 (amendments, Final)Amended Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19	Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board, Department of Labor and Industry	VirginiaSector regulator	Sept. 8, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DE-062	Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4407, Hospital Standards (Construction, Maintenance, and Operation), § 6.0 (25 Del. Reg. 29 (July 1, 2021))DHSS Emergency Secretary's Order: every hospital must expand its infection prevention and control program on CDC guidance with a…	Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality)	DelawareSector regulator	June 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-018	Full Reopening OrderEmergency Order Establishing Safety Measures for Full Reopening to Prevent the Spread of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Mayor James F. Kenney and Acting Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health July 15, 2021 as the Second Consolidated and Restated Supplemental Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 (effective July 16, 2021)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	June 15, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. FOR-036	CECC announcement of Aug. 9, 2021 maintaining the Level 2 epidemic alert from Aug. 10 to Aug. 23, 2021 (subsequently extended through the third quarter of 2021)CECC to maintain Level 2 epidemic alert from August 10 to August 23	Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control	TaiwanForeign government	Aug. 9, 2021	2021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-061	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers, emergency routine technical rule, filing 2021-166Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency rule adding COVID-19)	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention	MaineSector regulator	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. FED-031	CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing OrderFramework for Conditional Sailing and Initial Phase COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Protection of Crew, 85 Fed. Reg. 70153 (Nov. 4, 2020)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS	United States (cruise ships operating or intending to operate in U.S. waters)Federal	Oct. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. FED-032	Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations ManualConditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual, 86 Fed. Reg. 24865 (May 10, 2021)	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS	United StatesFederal	May 5, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-074	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency routine technical rule)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 added; Dental Health Practices covered)	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention	MaineState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-066	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 emergency rule)	Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description)	Maine (rule); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (opinion)Court	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-RI-008	R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9Governor's responsibilities relating to disaster emergencies	Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials)	Rhode IslandState	July 6, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. FED-161	QSO-20-29-NH and CMS-5531-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550 (May 8, 2020): 42 C.F.R. 483.80(g) reportingQSO-20-29-NH	CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group	United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)Federal	May 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DE-046	Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4406, Home Health Agencies--Aide Only (Licensure), §§ 11.4-11.5DHSS Emergency Secretary's Order: COVID-19 testing of all new staff, vendors and volunteers before their start date; ongoing testing of all…	Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality)	DelawareSector regulator	Sept. 10, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. KY-040	2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14)An Act relating to reopening the economy in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in response to the state of emergency declared by the Governor of…	Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto	KentuckyState	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-041	Amendment of the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (vaccination status of admitted patients; PA-NEDSS hospitalization reporting)Amendment of the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment	Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam	PennsylvaniaState	Aug. 13, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-026	Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Jan. 30, 2020)Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak	Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Matthew P. Donovan)	Department of Defense (department-wide)Federal	Jan. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. FED-091	CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule)Medicare and Medicaid Programs, Basic Health Program, and Exchanges; Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19…	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS	United StatesFederal	May 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. FED-156	QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3)QSO-20-39-NH, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (REVISED 04/27/2021)	CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group	United States (Medicare and Medicaid nursing homes)Federal	Apr. 27, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MT-071	DPHHS letter to providers: scope of the HB 702 Section 2 exemption for licensed nursing homes, long-term care and assisted living facilitiesDear Providers letter of July 28, 2021 (HB 702; CMS and CDC regulations or guidance)	Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Director's Office (Adam Meier, Director)	MontanaSector regulator	July 28, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-053	P.L. 2021, c. 103An Act concerning emergency health powers and supplementing Title 26 of the Revised Statutes (expiration and continuation of COVID-19…	New Jersey Legislature (Assembly Bill No. 5820); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	June 4, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-038	Order Further Amending the Amended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Weekly Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentOrder of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Further Amending the Amended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care…	Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam	PennsylvaniaState	May 26, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-020	Executive Directive No. 20-037 (Revised)Authorization of Health Care Providers to Serve as COVID-19 Vaccinators (paramedics, EMTs, students, dentists, pharmacists and others under…	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)State	May 24, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. FED-163	CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NHQSO-21-19-NH	CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group	United States (Medicare and Medicaid LTC facilities)Federal	May 11, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read

State Board of Health (Virginia Department of Health), 12VAC5-90, Regulations for Disease Reporting and Control (full chapter), including 12VAC5-90-80 (Lists of diseases that shall be reported), 12VAC5-90-90 (Those required to report), 12VAC5-90-100 (Methods), 12VAC5-90-103 (Isolation for communicable disease of public health threat) and 12VAC5-90-107 (Quarantine) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-003)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality), Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4406, Home Health Agencies--Aide Only (Licensure), § 11.0 Infection Control (25 Del. Reg. 27 (July 1, 2021)) (June 25, 2021) (Ex. DE-061)
Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board, Department of Labor and Industry, 16VAC25-220, Standard for Infectious Disease Prevention of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus that Causes COVID-19 (amendments, Final) (Sept. 8, 2021) (Ex. VA-038)
Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality), Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4407, Hospital Standards (Construction, Maintenance, and Operation), § 6.0 (25 Del. Reg. 29 (July 1, 2021)) (June 17, 2021) (Ex. DE-062)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Acting Health Commissioner Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health July 15, 2021 as the Second Consolidated and Restated Supplemental Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 (effective July 16, 2021), Full Reopening Order (June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-018)
Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, CECC announcement of Aug. 9, 2021 maintaining the Level 2 epidemic alert from Aug. 10 to Aug. 23, 2021 (subsequently extended through the third quarter of 2021) (Ex. FOR-036)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers, emergency routine technical rule, filing 2021-166 (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. ME-061)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, CDC Framework for Conditional Sailing Order (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. FED-031)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Notice: Conditional Sailing Order Technical Instructions and Operations Manual (May 5, 2021) (Ex. FED-032)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency routine technical rule) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-074)
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description), 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-066)
Rhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials), R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-008)
CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-29-NH and CMS-5531-IFC, 85 Fed. Reg. 27550 (May 8, 2020): 42 C.F.R. 483.80(g) reporting (May 6, 2020) (Ex. FED-161)
Molly K. Magarik, Cabinet Secretary, Department of Health and Social Services (Division of Health Care Quality), Emergency Secretary's Order amending 16 DE Admin. Code 4406, Home Health Agencies--Aide Only (Licensure), §§ 11.4-11.5 (Sept. 10, 2021) (Ex. DE-046)
Kentucky General Assembly (2021 Regular Session), enacted over the Governor's veto, 2021 House Bill 1, Acts ch. 3 (2021 Ky. Acts 14) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. KY-040)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Amendment of the Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (vaccination status of admitted patients; PA-NEDSS hospitalization reporting) (Aug. 13, 2021) (Ex. PA-041)
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Matthew P. Donovan), Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Jan. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-026)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS-5531-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (interim final rule) (May 1, 2020) (Ex. FED-091)
CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-39-NH REVISED Apr. 27, 2021, Nursing Home Visitation - COVID-19 (the text in force throughout 2021Q3) (Ex. FED-156)
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Director's Office (Adam Meier, Director), DPHHS letter to providers: scope of the HB 702 Section 2 exemption for licensed nursing homes, long-term care and assisted living facilities (July 28, 2021) (Ex. MT-071)
New Jersey Legislature (Assembly Bill No. 5820); approved by Governor Philip D. Murphy, P.L. 2021, c. 103 (June 4, 2021) (Ex. NJ-053)
Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. Beam, Order Further Amending the Amended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Weekly Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (May 26, 2021) (Ex. PA-038)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-037 (Revised) (May 24, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-020)
CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, CMS-3414-IFC, 86 Fed. Reg. 26306 (May 13, 2021) (42 C.F.R. 483.80(d)(3)) and QSO-21-19-NH (May 11, 2021) (Ex. FED-163)

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