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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-AR-002	Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109, Authority to regulate public health -- ExceptionsArk. Code Ann. 20-7-109. Authority to regulate public health -- Exceptions (State Board of Health rulemaking for public health and safety…	General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 6)	ArkansasState	Mar. 18, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-015	Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments (effective September 7, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments, effective September 7, 2019	Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Environmental Health Protection (Nathaniel Smith, M.D., Secretary of Health)	ArkansasState	Sept. 7, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-007	Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases, effective January 1, 2019 (as reproduced, with the…	Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Jan. 1, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AR-009	Executive Order 20-43Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19, as Declared in Executive Order 20-37, for the Purpose of…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	July 16, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-006	Executive Order 20-33Executive Order Pursuant to the Public Health Emergency Concerning COVID-19... for the Purpose of Protecting Arkansas Businesses from…	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	June 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AR-058	ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020)Dental resumption conditioned on screening, masking, aerosol controls, modified waiting rooms and longer appointments	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	May 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-013	Executive Order 20-53Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	Dec. 29, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AR-010	Executive Order 20-45Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	Aug. 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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. AR-065	ADH Directive for hours of operation to Alcoholic Beverage Control on-premise permitted locations (issued Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 20, 2020 until Jan. 3, 2021)Eleven o'clock closing of on-premises alcohol locations	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	Nov. 19, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. AR-050	ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020), Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020Directive imposing operating protocols on all businesses, manufacturers and construction companies; lifting the lodging-guest limits and the…	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	May 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-051	ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May 11, 2020; revised May 18; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Restaurant dine-in at one-third then 66 percent of seating with masking, distancing and service rules	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-052	ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26, 2020; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020)Bars and clubs: closed from March 20, resumed May 26 with distancing, 66 percent from June 15	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	May 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-053	ADH Directive for Barber Shops, Body Art Establishments, Cosmetology Establishments, Massage Therapy Clinics/Spas, and Medical Spas (effective May 6, 2020; Phase 2 June 15, 2020)Personal-care reopening by appointment, then walk-ins, with screening, masking and distancing	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	May 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-055	ADH Directive Regarding Large Indoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 18; Phase 2 June 15, 2020)Indoor venues: 66 percent with an approved plan; twelve-foot performer separation; masking	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AR-056	ADH Directive Regarding Large Outdoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 4 for 50 or fewer, May 18 for 33 percent, June 15 for 66 percent)Outdoor venues: fifty persons, then 33 percent, then 66 percent with an approved plan	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	May 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AR-057	ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos, Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020Casinos at 66 percent with approved plan, contact tracing, screening and masking	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	June 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-060	ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020)Statewide face-covering requirement on every person in Arkansas	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	July 18, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-062	ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020Face-covering directive as amended October 5, 2020 (the version in force through Q4 2020 and Q1 2021)	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Oct. 5, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AR-071	ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020)Conditions for community and school music and theater: masks for everyone ten and older, six-foot spacing, screening, temperature checks	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasState	Aug. 5, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. AR-074	ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care')Long-term-care visitation prohibition and screening directive (second copy of the March 13, 2020 text)	Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services	ArkansasSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-001	Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseasesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-110. Study and prevention of diseases (State Board of Health: general supervision and control; direction and control of…	General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5)	ArkansasState	Mar. 19, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-004	Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-113, NuisancesArk. Code Ann. 20-7-113. Nuisances (Governor may require the Board to examine nuisances affecting life and health, declare public nuisances…	General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1881, No. 85, secs. 8-9)	ArkansasState	Mar. 28, 2024	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. AR-011	Executive Order 20-48Executive Order to Renew the Disaster and Public Health Emergency to Mitigate the Spread and Impact of COVID-19	Governor Asa Hutchinson	ArkansasState	Oct. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AR-054	ADH Directive for Gym, Fitness Center, Athletic Club and Weight Room Reopening (effective May 4, 2020; Phase 2 June 15; amended June 22, 2020)Gym reopening with screening, masks, twelve-foot spacing and sanitation	Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health	ArkansasSector regulator	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Capacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read

General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 6), Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-109, Authority to regulate public health -- Exceptions (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-002)
Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Environmental Health Protection (Nathaniel Smith, M.D., Secretary of Health), Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments (effective September 7, 2019) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-015)
Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Reportable Diseases (effective January 1, 2019) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-007)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-43 (July 16, 2020) (Ex. AR-009)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-33 (June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-006)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Elective Dental Services (revised June 22, 2020) (May 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-058)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-53 (Dec. 29, 2020) (Ex. AR-013)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-45 (Aug. 14, 2020) (Ex. AR-010)
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)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for hours of operation to Alcoholic Beverage Control on-premise permitted locations (issued Nov. 19, 2020; effective Nov. 20, 2020 until Jan. 3, 2021) (Ex. AR-065)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Business Limitations Directive (May 8, 2020), Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020 (Ex. AR-050)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Restaurant Dine-in Operations (effective May 11, 2020; revised May 18; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-051)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive on Resuming Bar or Club Operations (effective May 26, 2020; Phase 2 revision June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-052)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Barber Shops, Body Art Establishments, Cosmetology Establishments, Massage Therapy Clinics/Spas, and Medical Spas (effective May 6, 2020; Phase 2 June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-053)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Large Indoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 18; Phase 2 June 15, 2020) (Ex. AR-055)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive Regarding Large Outdoor Venues (amended May 11, 2020; effective May 4 for 50 or fewer, May 18 for 33 percent, June 15 for 66 percent) (Ex. AR-056)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Reopening of Casinos, Phase 2 revision effective June 15, 2020 (Ex. AR-057)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Directive (issued July 18, 2020, effective July 20, 2020) (Ex. AR-060)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Face Coverings Directive, modified October 5, 2020 (Oct. 5, 2020) (Ex. AR-062)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Community and School Sponsored Music and Theater (effective Aug. 5, 2020; amended Aug. 14, 2020) (Ex. AR-071)
Secretary of Health and Secretary of Human Services, ADH-DHS Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 for Long-Term Care Facilities (revised March 13, 2020), as posted on the ADH directives page through summer 2020 ('directive_long_term_care') (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-074)
General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1895, No. 152; Acts 1913, No. 96, sec. 5), Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-110, Study and prevention of diseases (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-001)
General Assembly of Arkansas (Acts 1881, No. 85, secs. 8-9), Ark. Code Ann. 20-7-113, Nuisances (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-004)
Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-48 (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-011)
Secretary of Health, Arkansas Department of Health, ADH Directive for Gym, Fitness Center, Athletic Club and Weight Room Reopening (effective May 4, 2020; Phase 2 June 15; amended June 22, 2020) (Ex. AR-054)

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