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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-OR-001	Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990)ORS 433.004, 433.006, 433.010, 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138, 433.142, 433.156, 433.441, 433.442, 433.443, 433.452 and 433.990…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-005	Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51 (Public Health - Sanitary Code), Part II (The Control of Diseases), section 117 (Disease Control Measures Including Isolation/Quarantine); with Part I, section 115 (Emergency Situations) and section 117 (Employee Health)Sanitary Code disease-control rule: the state health officer's duty to institute control measures whenever a case of communicable disease…	Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (state health officer), by rule; codified by the Division of Administration, Office of the State Register	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-001	SDCL ch. 34-22, Contagious Disease Control (§§ 34-22-5, 34-22-9, 34-22-14, 34-22-17, 34-22-18, 34-22-18.1, 34-22-41 to 34-22-44)Contagious Disease Control: statewide system, rules on prevention, control, quarantine and isolation; enforcement; refusal to follow…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-003	Administrative Rules of South Dakota, art. 44:20, Communicable Disease Control (chs. 44:20:01 to 44:20:04; §§ 44:20:01:01(38), 44:20:03:01, 44:20:03:02, 44:20:03:04, 44:20:03:05, 44:20:03:07, 44:20:03:09)Communicable Disease Control rules: definition of 'public health measure' (environmental sanitation, closure of establishment, exclusion…	South Dakota Department of Health (administrative rules promulgated under SDCL 34-1-17, 34-22-9 and 34-23-13)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-002	Va. 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)	VirginiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-002	Statute: Health and Safety Code, Division 105, Part 1, Chapter 3 (sections 120175-120250), duties of local health officers in communicable disease controlHealth and Safety Code sections 120175-120250: duty of each health officer to take measures necessary to prevent the spread of disease; duty…	California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)	CaliforniaState	Jan. 1, 1996	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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. DUT-ND-001	N.D.C.C. 23-01-03, 23-01-04, 23-01-05Powers and duties of the health council; effect of rules and regulations; health officer - duties, including written orders relating to…	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health, since 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-004	173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, Directed Health Measures to Prevent or Limit the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or PoisoningTitle 173, Control of Communicable Disease, Chapter 6	Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure	NebraskaState	Feb. 21, 2007	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-002	Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 81.081 and 81.082Department's Duty; Administration of Control Measures	Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 81, Subchapter E, Control)	TexasState	Sept. 1, 1989	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NJ-002	N.J.S.A. 26:4-2, Powers of State department and local board (communicable disease control)Powers of State department and local board	New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937; amended L.2005, c.222, s.31; L.2012, c.17, s.337)	New JerseyState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-008	NMSA 1978, Sections 25-1-7 (Permits), 25-1-9 (Immediate suspension of permit by agency), 25-1-12 (Enforcement) and 25-1-13 (Disease control)Food Service Sanitation Act: no operation without a valid and unsuspended permit; immediate suspension for conditions presenting a…	Legislature of New Mexico (Food Service Sanitation Act, administered by the Environment Department, Environmental Health Bureau)	New MexicoState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-023	Order of the Health Officer of the County of San Bernardino for the Control of COVID-19 (April 7, 2020)Order... for the Control of COVID-19: face coverings when leaving home; non-essential businesses to remain closed; telecommuting; 14-day…	Acting Health Officer Erin Gustafson, M.D., MPH	San Bernardino County, CaliforniaCounty	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. FOR-035	Nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert (raised May 15, 2021 for Taipei and New Taipei and May 19, 2021 nationwide), extended by the CECC announcement of July 8, 2021 to July 26, 2021 with partial relaxation from July 13, 2021; entry of non-resident foreign nationals and transit suspended from May 19, 2021CECC extends nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert until July 26 to safeguard disease prevention efforts in the community; CECC to partially…	Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare	TaiwanForeign government	July 8, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KY-020	902 KAR 2:030Inspections and control procedures	Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (regulation of the former Cabinet for Human Resources)	KentuckyState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-001	AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395Prevention and control of conditions of public health importance; epidemiological investigation; isolation and quarantine; powers of the…	Alaska State Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Social Services)	AlaskaState	Sept. 28, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VA-012	Va. Code Title 35.1, Chapter 1 (sections 35.1-1 to 35.1-10), including section 35.1-7 (Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations) and section 35.1-10 (Measures to prevent transmission of disease)Code of Virginia, Title 35.1, Chapter 1, General Provisions (full chapter text)	General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 35.1, Hotels, Restaurants, Summer Camps, and Campgrounds, Chapter 1, General Provisions)	VirginiaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ORL-026	Executive Order 2020-008Executive Order regarding COVID-19 requiring social distancing and adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines…	Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management	Seminole County, FloridaCounty	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. MS-066	First Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring a civil emergency and for the control of contagious and infectious diseasesRestaurants limited to drive-through, curbside and delivery; gatherings limited to 10; curfew authority reserved	Mayor and Board of Aldermen	City of Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)City	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-002	Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved)Communicable diseases; Department of Health and Human Services; powers and duties	Nebraska Legislature	NebraskaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-023	Emergency Order 2020-14 (May 29, 2020): parklets authorized for restaurant seating in Phase 2 and 3 (Street Eats Program; permit fee and minimum parking waived; expires July 31, 2020); picnic-shelter restrictions lifted to the extent the State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order allows; community centers closed to July 5; parking enforcement suspended to June 30; landlord PPE and distancing rule to July 31; City infection-control and telecommuting policies until the emergency is liftedVancouver city manager issues new emergency order	City Manager Eric Holmes	City of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)City	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ND-012	Executive Order 2020-14Suspension of N.D.C.C. ch. 23-07.6 confinement procedure, authorizing the State Health Officer to issue disease-control orders (isolation…	Governor Doug Burgum	North DakotaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FL-013	Administrative rule: Fla. Admin. Code r. 64D-3.038Quarantine Orders and Requirements	Department of Health, Division of Disease Control	FloridaState	Nov. 20, 2006	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TN-001	Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201Power to quarantine	Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health	TennesseeState	May 26, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. ND-024	Executive 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 Burgum	North DakotaState	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read

Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-001)
Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (state health officer), by rule; codified by the Division of Administration, Office of the State Register, Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51 (Public Health - Sanitary Code), Part II (The Control of Diseases), section 117 (Disease Control Measures Including Isolation/Quarantine); with Part I, section 115 (Emergency Situations) and section 117 (Employee Health) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-005)
South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health), SDCL ch. 34-22, Contagious Disease Control (§§ 34-22-5, 34-22-9, 34-22-14, 34-22-17, 34-22-18, 34-22-18.1, 34-22-41 to 34-22-44) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-001)
South Dakota Department of Health (administrative rules promulgated under SDCL 34-1-17, 34-22-9 and 34-23-13), Administrative Rules of South Dakota, art. 44:20, Communicable Disease Control (chs. 44:20:01 to 44:20:04; §§ 44:20:01:01(38), 44:20:03:01, 44:20:03:02, 44:20:03:04, 44:20:03:05, 44:20:03:07, 44:20:03:09) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-003)
General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control), Va. 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-002)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Health and Safety Code, Division 105, Part 1, Chapter 3 (sections 120175-120250), duties of local health officers in communicable disease control (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-002)
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)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the State Department of Health, since 2022 the Department of Health and Human Services), N.D.C.C. 23-01-03, 23-01-04, 23-01-05 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-001)
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure, 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, Directed Health Measures to Prevent or Limit the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or Poisoning (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-004)
Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 81, Subchapter E, Control), Tex. Health & Safety Code §§ 81.081 and 81.082 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-002)
New Jersey Legislature (R.S. 1937; amended L.2005, c.222, s.31; L.2012, c.17, s.337), N.J.S.A. 26:4-2, Powers of State department and local board (communicable disease control) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NJ-002)
Legislature of New Mexico (Food Service Sanitation Act, administered by the Environment Department, Environmental Health Bureau), NMSA 1978, Sections 25-1-7 (Permits), 25-1-9 (Immediate suspension of permit by agency), 25-1-12 (Enforcement) and 25-1-13 (Disease control) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-008)
Acting Health Officer Erin Gustafson, M.D., MPH, Order of the Health Officer of the County of San Bernardino for the Control of COVID-19 (April 7, 2020) (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-023)
Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Nationwide Level 3 epidemic alert (raised May 15, 2021 for Taipei and New Taipei and May 19, 2021 nationwide), extended by the CECC announcement of July 8, 2021 to July 26, 2021 with partial relaxation from July 13, 2021; entry of non-resident foreign nationals and transit suspended from May 19, 2021 (Ex. FOR-035)
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Public Health (regulation of the former Cabinet for Human Resources), 902 KAR 2:030 (standing) (Ex. DUT-KY-020)
Alaska State Legislature (codified statute administered by the Department of Health and Social Services), AS 18.15.355 - 18.15.395 (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-001)
General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 35.1, Hotels, Restaurants, Summer Camps, and Campgrounds, Chapter 1, General Provisions), Va. Code Title 35.1, Chapter 1 (sections 35.1-1 to 35.1-10), including section 35.1-7 (Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations) and section 35.1-10 (Measures to prevent transmission of disease) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VA-012)
Alan Harris, Chief Administrator, Office of Emergency Management, Executive Order 2020-008 (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-ORL-026)
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, First Resolution of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen declaring a civil emergency and for the control of contagious and infectious diseases (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MS-066)
Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-002)
City Manager Eric Holmes, Emergency Order 2020-14 (May 29, 2020): parklets authorized for restaurant seating in Phase 2 and 3 (Street Eats Program; permit fee and minimum parking waived; expires July 31, 2020); picnic-shelter restrictions lifted to the extent the State's Stay Home, Stay Healthy order allows; community centers closed to July 5; parking enforcement suspended to June 30; landlord PPE and distancing rule to July 31; City infection-control and telecommuting policies until the emergency is lifted (Ex. MET-PDX-023)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-14 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. ND-012)
Department of Health, Division of Disease Control, Administrative rule: Fla. Admin. Code r. 64D-3.038 (standing) (Ex. DUT-FL-013)
Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-001)
Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-14.1 (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. ND-024)

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