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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-IN-007	410 IAC 1-2.5, Communicable Disease Reporting and Control (Title 410, Article 1, Rule 2.5; official compilation published by the Indiana Department of Health): sections 410 IAC 1-2.5-75 and -76 (reporting), -77 (disease intervention measures), -79 (general control measures), -80 to -148 (specific control measures)Communicable Disease Reporting and Control rule: duties of health officers, cases, carriers and contacts; general and specific control…	Indiana Department of Health (Indiana State Department of Health; executive board rulemaking under Ind. Code 16-19-3-4 and 16-41-2-1)	IndianaState	Nov. 25, 2015	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
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-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-NC-007	10A NCAC 41A.0201 (Control Measures - General)Control measures for communicable diseases: APHA Control of Communicable Diseases Manual and CDC guidelines and recommended actions…	North Carolina Commission for Public Health (rule); administered by the Division of Public Health, NCDHHS, and local health directors	North CarolinaState	Mar. 1, 1988	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-FED-060	Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated July 15, 2020)Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	United StatesFederal	July 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-010	Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 145, Control of Communicable DiseasesControl of communicable diseases: reporting (145.04); investigation and control by local health officers following APHA methods (145.05)…	Wisconsin Department of Health Services (administrative rule under Wis. Stat. § 252.02(4) and § 252.04-.05)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	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. 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-FED-035	Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020 (as revised May 6, 2020)Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	United StatesFederal	May 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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. 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. DUT-MS-004	15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and ConditionsRules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (duty to report; duties of local health officer; suspects and contacts…	Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. NH-062	Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities (July 1, 2020)COVID-19 Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities	DHHS Division of Public Health Services, Bureau of Infectious Disease Control	New HampshireSector regulator	July 1, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Health care ordersQuarantine 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-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. ND-061	State Health Officer Order 2020-08 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit; re-issued and extended to Jan. 18, 2021 by Order 2020-08.1, Ex. ND-066)Order relating to disease control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19: face coverings required in indoor businesses and indoor public…	State Health Officer Dirk Wilke, J.D., M.B.A., North Dakota Department of Health	North DakotaState	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	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. SD-032	2020 House Bill 1295 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-22-18.1An Act to revise provisions regarding contagious disease control and enforcement and to declare an emergency	South Dakota Legislature (95th Session); signed by the Governor	South DakotaState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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-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. DUT-WV-020	A Guide to Safely Reopening Larger Retail Stores (issued May 11, 2020)A Guide to Safely Reopening Larger Retail Stores: policies, access control, distancing plan under the DHHR two-per-1,000-square-feet limit…	Office of Governor Jim Justice ('West Virginia Strong -- The Comeback')	West VirginiaState	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read

Indiana Department of Health (Indiana State Department of Health; executive board rulemaking under Ind. Code 16-19-3-4 and 16-41-2-1), 410 IAC 1-2.5, Communicable Disease Reporting and Control (Title 410, Article 1, Rule 2.5; official compilation published by the Indiana Department of Health): sections 410 IAC 1-2.5-75 and -76 (reporting), -77 (disease intervention measures), -79 (general control measures), -80 to -148 (specific control measures) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-007)
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)
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)
North Carolina Commission for Public Health (rule); administered by the Division of Public Health, NCDHHS, and local health directors, 10A NCAC 41A.0201 (Control Measures - General) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-007)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic (updated July 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-060)
Wisconsin Department of Health Services (administrative rule under Wis. Stat. § 252.02(4) and § 252.04-.05), Wis. Admin. Code ch. DHS 145, Control of Communicable Diseases (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-010)
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)
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)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), May 2020 (as revised May 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-FED-035)
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)
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)
Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases, 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-004)
DHHS Division of Public Health Services, Bureau of Infectious Disease Control, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Long-term Care Facilities (July 1, 2020) (Ex. NH-062)
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)
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)
State Health Officer Dirk Wilke, J.D., M.B.A., North Dakota Department of Health, State Health Officer Order 2020-08 (cross-reference to the existing library exhibit; re-issued and extended to Jan. 18, 2021 by Order 2020-08.1, Ex. ND-066) (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. ND-061)
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)
South Dakota Legislature (95th Session); signed by the Governor, 2020 House Bill 1295 (enrolled), amending SDCL 34-22-18.1 (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SD-032)
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)
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)
Office of Governor Jim Justice ('West Virginia Strong -- The Comeback'), A Guide to Safely Reopening Larger Retail Stores (issued May 11, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WV-020)

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