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Ex. DUT-SD-001SDCL 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 DakotaStateSept. 29, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding 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. DUT-ME-00122 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)MaineStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ND-001N.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 DakotaStateSept. 29, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-023Order 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., MPHSan Bernardino County, CaliforniaCountyApr. 7, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-126Notice, Temporary Suspension of Dogs Entering the United States From High-Risk Rabies Countries, 86 Fed. Reg. 32041 (June 16, 2021)Temporary Suspension of Dogs Entering the United States From High-Risk Rabies CountriesCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSUnited States (federal); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHSFederalJune 16, 20212021 Q3Travel and quarantineSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-001AS 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)AlaskaStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-040Military Personnel Guidance for Department of Defense Components in Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Mar. 26, 2020)Military Personnel Guidance for DoD Components in Responding to COVID-19Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and ReadinessDepartment of Defense military personnelFederalMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Telework mandateTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MS-066First 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 reservedMayor and Board of AldermenCity of Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)CityMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-002Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-502 (cross-reference to Ex. NE-099; not re-saved)Communicable diseases; Department of Health and Human Services; powers and dutiesNebraska LegislatureNebraskaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PDX-023Emergency 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 orderCity Manager Eric HolmesCity of Vancouver, Washington (Clark County)CityMay 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ND-012Executive 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 BurgumNorth DakotaStateMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
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. DUT-FED-061Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (Apr. 26, 2020)Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers: Interim Guidance from CDC and OSHACenters for Disease Control and Prevention and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (joint)United StatesFederalApr. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-A-080COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities - 19 States, April 2020, MMWR 69(18):557-561 (early release May 1, 2020; May 8, 2020)COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities - 19 States, April 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19 Response Team (Dyal et al.)United StatesFederalMay 1, 20202020 Q2Supply chainPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-A-081Update: COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities - United States, April-May 2020, MMWR 69(27):887-892 (early release July 7, 2020; July 10, 2020)Update: COVID-19 Among Workers in Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities - United States, April-May 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Waltenburg et al.)United StatesFederalJuly 7, 20202020 Q2Supply chainPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-A-082COVID-19 Outbreak Among Employees at a Meat Processing Facility - South Dakota, March-April 2020, MMWR 69(31):1015-1019 (Aug. 7, 2020)COVID-19 Outbreak Among Employees at a Meat Processing Facility - South Dakota, March-April 2020Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with the South Dakota Department of Health (Steinberg et al.)United States (South Dakota)FederalAug. 7, 20202020 Q2Business closureSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-RI-008R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9Governor's responsibilities relating to disaster emergenciesRhode Island General Assembly (powers vested in the Governor; duties imposed on State health authorities and local code enforcement officials)Rhode IslandStateJuly 6, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WA-006Chapter 246-100 WACCommunicable and certain other diseases (WAC 246-100-036 responsibilities and duties of the local health officer; 246-100-040 procedures for…Washington State Board of HealthWashingtonStateFeb. 25, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationSupply chainStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. GA-018Executive Order 04.23.20.02Providing guidance for reviving a healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 ('Reviving a Healthy Georgia')Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-003Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses and Congregation of Persons to Prevent the Spread of 2019…Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020)City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-026Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak (Jan. 30, 2020)Force Health Protection Guidance for the Novel Coronavirus OutbreakUnder Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Matthew P. Donovan)Department of Defense (department-wide)FederalJan. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-037Memorandum for Defense Industrial Base, Defense Industrial Base Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce (Mar. 20, 2020)Defense Industrial Base Essential Critical Infrastructure WorkforceUnder Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M. LordDefense Industrial Base (all DoD prime contractors and subcontractors)FederalMar. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Business closureWorkplace rulesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-055JAXPORT COVID-19 update for the week of June 15-21, 2020: cargo terminals open without restriction; administrative office open to employees, visitors 'allowed on a limited basis and must be pre-approved'; every visitor to primary facilities and office buildings temperature-scanned and refused entry above 100.4 degrees; Carnival cruise suspension from Jacksonville extended through at least Aug. 31, 2020; idle Norwegian cruise ships accommodated with crew only, no shore leaveJAXPORT COVID-19 Update - week of Monday, June 15 - Sunday, June 21 (temperature screening of visitors; cruise suspension)Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)Florida (Jacksonville; Blount Island, Dames Point and Talleyrand marine terminals; cruise terminal)Sector regulatorJune 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-095Duluth Seaway Port Authority news release, Mar. 26, 2020: 2020 Great Lakes commercial shipping season opened at the Soo Locks under federal COVID-19 protocols: embarkation of pilots and crew may be limited at the discretion of the Coast Guard, Corps of Engineers and CDC; all pilots and crew monitored for symptoms with 96-hour advance notice of suspected cases before inspectors board; ships on Lake Superior must immediately report suspected cases to the Coast Guard or the CDC Minneapolis Quarantine Station; sailors and dock workers on the federal essential-worker listShipping season begins with COVID-19 precautions in placeDuluth Seaway Port Authority (with the Lake Carriers' Association, quoted)Minnesota and Wisconsin (Port of Duluth-Superior; Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway system)Sector regulatorMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chainPrimary source read