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Ex. DUT-KS-009K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)KansasStateJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-004Ind. Code Title 16, Article 19, chapter 3: sections 16-19-3-4 (rules to protect the public health, including 'nuisances dangerous to public health' and 'the detection, reporting, prevention, and control of diseases'), 16-19-3-9 (quarantine), 16-19-3-10 (epidemics), 16-19-3-11 (abatement of conditions causative of disease), 16-19-3-12 (State enforcement within local jurisdictions in a public health emergency)State Department of Health: quarantine, epidemic-control, abatement and emergency-enforcement powersIndiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2021 edition)IndianaStateJuly 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-052Health Officer's Order No. 20-059: Order of the Health Officer on Events during Declaration of Public Health EmergencyHealth Officer's Order No. 20-059Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Health Officer, Snohomish Health DistrictSnohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)CountyMar. 11, 20202020 Q2Gathering capEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. VA-002Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner, Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Order of Public Health Emergency One (Mar. 17, 2020), as amended Mar. 20, 2020Amended Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health EmergencyGovernor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman OliverVirginiaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-002Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990NRS Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of healthNevadaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. NE-105Two Rivers Public Health Department Directed Health Measures 2020-001Two Rivers Public Health Department Directed Health Measures 2020-001Two Rivers Public Health Department, Health DirectorTwo Rivers Public Health District (Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and Phelps Counties; Kearney and Lexington)CountyApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Gathering capQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-005Louisiana 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 RegisterLouisianaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-00118 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders)Health ordersVermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health)VermontState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LA-066Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities (Apr. 24, 2020)Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Licensed Congregate Health Care FacilitiesCounty of Los Angeles Health OfficerLos Angeles County Public Health JurisdictionCountyApr. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NM-013Public Health Emergency Order Modifying Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Apr. 30, 2020)Public Health Emergency Order Modifying Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and SurgeriesSecretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-002Statute: 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)CaliforniaStateJan. 1, 19962020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020)Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster: Calls on Texans to stay home and limit gatherings to 10 peopleTexas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-03-056Public Health Order (Apr. 30, 2020) on non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeriesPublic Health Emergency Order: health care servicesSecretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-002K.S.A. 65-119, Duties of local boards of health and local health officers; contagious diseases (current text, as amended L. 2025, ch. 115, § 2)65-119. Duties of local boards of health and health officers; contagious diseases; confidentiality of information; disclosure, whenKansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)KansasStateJuly 1, 20252020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-018Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited…Fulton County Board of HealthFulton County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. NE-088COVID-19 Directive Health Measures of April 3, 2020East Central District Health Department COVID-19 Directive Health MeasuresEast Central District Health Department (Board of Health and Health Director)East Central District Health Department (Boone, Colfax, Nance and Platte Counties; Columbus)CountyApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. UT-054Public Health Order (Stay Safe, Stay Home), Weber-Morgan Health DepartmentPublic Health Order, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Weber and Morgan Counties, UtahBrian Bennion, Weber-Morgan Health Officer, Weber-Morgan Health DepartmentWeber and Morgan Counties, UtahCountyApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-006Administrative rule: OAR 333-019-0010, Disease Related School, Child Care, and Worksite Restrictions: Imposition of Restrictions (COVID-19 added to the 'restrictable diseases' for food service facilities, schools, children's facilities and health care facilities by PH 17-2020)OAR 333-019-0010: no person may work at a school, child care facility, health care facility or food service facility while in a communicable…Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (rule filed with the Secretary of State; official Oregon Administrative Rules Database text)OregonStateMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. CO-090Amended Notice of Public Health Order (Standing Public Health Order Related to Events), Mar. 18, 2020, superseding the Mar. 13, 2020 orderStanding Public Health Order - Amended Notice of Public Health OrderPitkin County Public Health Director (Standing Public Health Order)Pitkin County, Colorado (including the City of Aspen and the towns within the County)CountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-HI-006Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 12, Subtitle 8, Part 2, chapter 60 (General Safety and Health Requirements), § 12-60-2 (Safety and health programs)General Safety and Health Requirements; Safety and health programsDepartment of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH)HawaiiStateOct. 27, 20182020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-005MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detentionPublic Health Code sec. 2453: epidemic emergency orders of local health officersMichigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments)MichiganStateSept. 30, 19782020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-060Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)Shelby County, TennesseeCounty2020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-LA-002La. R.S. 40:5 (exclusive jurisdiction, control and authority of the state health officer and the office of public health)Exclusive jurisdiction of the state health officer and the office of public health to isolate or quarantine, to take such action as is…Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)LouisianaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MS-001Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15(4)(a)-(c), (4)(f), (12)State Department of Health; State Board of Health; powers and duties (sanitary and quarantine measures; conditions of employment; food…Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 41, ch. 3); State Board of Health and State Department of Health as the duty-holdersMississippiStateMar. 25, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-021Health Mandate 015, Services by Health Care Providers (Apr. 15, 2020; revised May 19 and June 1, 2020) (cross-reference to Ex. AK-017; not re-saved)Health Mandate 015 (conditions on the resumption of routine and elective health care)Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum, DHSS; Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical OfficerAlaskaStateApr. 15, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating conditionPrimary source read