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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. NJ-068	Department of Health memorandum, Guidance for Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Resume Elective Surgery and Invasive ProceduresConditions for ambulatory surgery centers to resume elective surgery on May 26, 2020	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New JerseySector regulator	May 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. FED-158	CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations of Mar. 18, 2020)Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS	United States (all healthcare facilities and clinicians)Federal	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DC-037	DC Health, Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Elective Surgery (Phase 1; last updated May 26, 2020)Guidance for Elective Surgery	DC Health	District of ColumbiaSector regulator	May 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-116	DC Health recommendation (Mar. 17, 2020) that all elective medical procedures, non-urgent hospital and outpatient visits and non-urgent dental procedures be postponed; DC Health guidance for resuming elective surgery (May 26, 2020)DC Health guidance on elective procedures	DC Health (Department of Health)	District of ColumbiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DC-038	DC Health, COVID-19: Guidance for Elective Surgery (Phase Two; last updated September 29, 2020)Guidance for Elective Surgery	DC Health	District of ColumbiaSector regulator	Sept. 29, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-067	Department of Health memorandum, Guidance for Hospitals to Resume Elective Surgery and Invasive ProceduresConditions for hospitals to resume elective surgery on May 26, 2020 (screening, PPE, testing, capacity, visitors, reporting)	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New JerseySector regulator	May 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DC-069	DC Health, Phase Two Guidance for Elective Surgery (updated June 16-17, 2020)Phase Two Guidance for Elective Surgery	DC Health	District of ColumbiaSector regulator	June 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MA-058	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers)Order postponing non-essential elective invasive procedures	Commissioner of Public Health	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-125	NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020NCDHHS request to suspend elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS)	North CarolinaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-140	Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020)Pennsylvania life-sustaining business orders and list (elective procedures prohibited); DOH ASF guidance	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NC-068	NCDHHS letter to hospital and ambulatory surgery center leaders, March 20, 2020Request to suspend all elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries effective March 23, 2020	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen	North CarolinaSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OK-018	Executive Memorandum 2020-02Elective Surgery Acuity Scale (ESAS) tiers governing elective surgeries reinstated April 24, 2020	Governor J. Kevin Stitt	OklahomaState	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-007	CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (press release and tiered recommendations)CMS Releases Recommendations on Adult Elective Surgeries, Non-Essential Medical, Surgical, and Dental Procedures During COVID-19 Response	CMS	United StatesFederal	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-095	IDPH Guidance: Elective Surgery and Procedures (Apr. 24, 2020) (following IDPH's Mar. 19, 2020 direction to postpone)IDPH guidance permitting hospitals and ASTCs to resume elective procedures from May 11, 2020 on stated criteria	Illinois Department of Public Health	IllinoisState	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-084	Executive Directive No. 20-016 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended July 29, 2020, October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the January 20, 2023 revision)COVID-19 protocols for ambulatory surgery centers resuming elective surgery and invasive diagnostic procedures pursuant to Executive Order…	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New JerseySector regulator	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. WY-011	WDH Guidance on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency ProceduresCOVID-19: Guidance from the Wyoming Department of Health on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency Procedures	Wyoming Department of Health	WyomingSector regulator	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AR-059	ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020)Elective procedures: history of the April 27 resumption and its testing conditions; symptomatic-patient testing, contact exclusion and…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. IA-005	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (nonessential medical and dental services; retail closures)Proclamation suspending nonessential or elective surgeries and procedures and elective dental procedures, mandating telehealth payment…	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. UT-003	State Public Health Order UPHO 2020-03 (elective surgeries and procedures)State Public Health Order (postponement of elective surgeries and procedures)	Joseph K. Miner, M.D., Executive Director, Utah Department of Health	UtahState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AK-007	COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mandate 5.1, Elective Procedures)Health Mandate 005 (postponement of all non-urgent or elective procedures for three months)	Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. Zink	AlaskaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MN-005	Emergency Executive Order 20-09Directing Delay of Inpatient and Outpatient Elective Surgery and Procedural Cases during COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-003	Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Mar. 18, 2020; updated Apr. 7, 2020)CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (Tier 1-3 framework)	Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	United StatesFederal	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-027	Memorandum, Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Treatment Facilities (Mar. 24, 2020)Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Treatment Facilities	Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (Thomas McCaffery)	Department of Defense, Military Health System (all military medical and dental treatment facilities)Federal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AR-040	ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020)Directive postponing elective procedures, testing, office visits and routine dental and eye care	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Apr. 3, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-006	Executive Order No. 109 (2020)Suspension of all elective surgeries and invasive procedures, medical and dental; PPE inventory reporting; Division of Consumer Affairs…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read

Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Department of Health memorandum, Guidance for Ambulatory Surgery Centers to Resume Elective Surgery and Invasive Procedures (May 19, 2020) (Ex. NJ-068)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS, CMS, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Apr. 7, 2020) (tiered framework; supplements the Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations of Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. FED-158)
DC Health, DC Health, Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) Guidance for Elective Surgery (Phase 1; last updated May 26, 2020) (Ex. DC-037)
DC Health (Department of Health), DC Health recommendation (Mar. 17, 2020) that all elective medical procedures, non-urgent hospital and outpatient visits and non-urgent dental procedures be postponed; DC Health guidance for resuming elective surgery (May 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-116)
DC Health, DC Health, COVID-19: Guidance for Elective Surgery (Phase Two; last updated September 29, 2020) (Sept. 29, 2020) (Ex. DC-038)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Department of Health memorandum, Guidance for Hospitals to Resume Elective Surgery and Invasive Procedures (May 19, 2020) (Ex. NJ-067)
DC Health, DC Health, Phase Two Guidance for Elective Surgery (updated June 16-17, 2020) (June 17, 2020) (Ex. DC-069)
Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-058)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS), NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-125)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health, Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-140)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen, NCDHHS letter to hospital and ambulatory surgery center leaders, March 20, 2020 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. NC-068)
Governor J. Kevin Stitt, Executive Memorandum 2020-02 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. OK-018)
CMS, CMS Adult Elective Surgery and Procedures Recommendations (press release and tiered recommendations) (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-007)
Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH Guidance: Elective Surgery and Procedures (Apr. 24, 2020) (following IDPH's Mar. 19, 2020 direction to postpone) (Ex. SEC-01-095)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-016 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended July 29, 2020, October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the January 20, 2023 revision) (Ex. NJ-084)
Wyoming Department of Health, WDH Guidance on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency Procedures (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. WY-011)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Procedures, Phase IV (effective May 25, 2020; testing timeframe revised July 6; pre-procedure testing rescinded effective Aug. 1, 2020) (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-059)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (nonessential medical and dental services; retail closures) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. IA-005)
Joseph K. Miner, M.D., Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, State Public Health Order UPHO 2020-03 (elective surgeries and procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. UT-003)
Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. Zink, COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mandate 5.1, Elective Procedures) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AK-007)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MN-005)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations (Mar. 18, 2020; updated Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-003)
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (Thomas McCaffery), Memorandum, Elective Surgical, Invasive, and Dental Procedures in Military Treatment Facilities (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-DEFENSE-GUARD-027)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (April 3, 2020) (Apr. 3, 2020) (Ex. AR-040)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 109 (2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NJ-006)

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