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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. DUT-NY-005	N.Y. Public Health Law § 225 (Public Health and Health Planning Council; State Sanitary Code)Public health and health planning council; sanitary code	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 2, title 2); Public Health and Health Planning Council with the Commissioner's approval	New YorkState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-004	NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10A-5 (Declaring a state of public health emergency) and 12-10A-6 (Special powers during a public health emergency)Public Health Emergency Response Act: the Governor's declaration, the Secretary of Health's coordination of the response, and the special…	Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Emergency Response Act)	New MexicoState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-009	K.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)	KansasState	June 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-048	Resolution No. 9767, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pasadena Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency, Novel Coronavirus, Issued March 4, 2020 (with the Declaration attached)Resolution No. 9767 Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency (Novel Coronavirus) Issued March 4, 2020	Pasadena City Council (Resolution No. 9767, adopted Mar. 9, 2020), ratifying the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Pasadena Health Officer (Ying-Ying Goh, M.D.) on Mar. 4, 2020	City of Pasadena (separate city health jurisdiction)City	Mar. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-047	Resolution and Renewal of Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance, Authorizing Enforcement (March 9, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules for unincorporated Travis County (March 4 to April 15, 2021) as…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (unincorporated areas)County	Mar. 9, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-124	Summit County Board of Health resolution requiring the use of facial coverings in public (adopted Aug. 27, 2020), as announced in Summit County Public Health's release of Aug. 28, 2020Mandatory masking in all indoor public facilities and outdoors where six feet of distance cannot be maintained, effective immediately…	Summit County Board of Health (Summit County Public Health, Akron, Ohio)	Summit County, Ohio - Summit County Board of Health (local board of health of a general health district)County	Aug. 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SEA-051	Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding RequirementsHealth Officer's Order No. 20-056	Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District	Snohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)County	Mar. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-066	Order 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 Facilities	County of Los Angeles Health Officer	Los Angeles County Public Health JurisdictionCounty	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CT-001	Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131 to 19a-131i (public health emergency response authority: declaration, quarantine and isolation orders, enforcement, penalty), with §§ 19a-2a (Commissioner's powers) and 19a-36(a)(4) (Public Health Code penalty)Chapter 368a, Department of Public Health: Public health emergency response authority	Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368a, Department of Public Health)	ConnecticutState	July 9, 2003	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-008	DSHS 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 people	Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D.	TexasState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capWorkplace rulesStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-051	City of Pasadena Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier (Issued Jan. 27, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28, 2021)Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier	Pasadena Health Officer	City of PasadenaCity	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-001	La. R.S. 40:4 (Sanitary Code)Sanitary Code: the state health officer shall prepare, promulgate and enforce the Sanitary Code, which shall provide for and require control…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState	Jan. 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-002	N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws)Wilful violation of health laws	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)	New YorkState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-002	Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency / Public Health OrderDeclaration of Local Public Health Emergency, Public Health Order, Summit County, Utah	Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD	Summit County, UtahCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. WV-082	Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order)Businesses serving the public with three new COVID-19 cases required to close for deep cleaning; second occurrence adds 14-day quarantine…	Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer)	Monongalia CountyCounty	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-008	18 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers)Duties of local health officers	Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials)	VermontState	July 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-001	Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release)Riverside County Public Health Officer declares local health emergency	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release)	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-LA-017	La. R.S. 29:761 (Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act; purposes)Legislative findings and purposes of the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act: 'the government must do all that is reasonable and necessary…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-001	N.Y. Public Health Law § 12 (violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions)Violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)	New YorkState	Apr. 1, 2029	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-008	La. R.S. 29:769 (special powers during a state of public health emergency; control of property)Special powers during a state of public health emergency: the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, in…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState	July 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MT-070	Board of Health Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2021 (continuing the Board's Oct. 28, 2020 Order and the Health Officer's Nov. 20, 2020 Order)Cascade City-County Board of Health Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, January 6, 2021	Cascade City-County Board of Health (record of Board action; Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer)	Cascade County (Great Falls), MontanaCounty	Jan. 6, 2021	2021 Q1	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hours	Primary source read
Ex. DE-007	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of DelawareDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency (Public Health Authority designated; medical-supply and bed-capacity assessments; Medicaid…	Governor John C. Carney	DelawareState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ND-004	N.D.C.C. 23-35-08, 23-35-09, 23-35-12, 23-35-13Boards of health - powers and duties; abatement and removal of nuisance, source of filth, and cause of sickness; local health officers…	Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the local boards of health and public health units)	North DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureFace-covering requirementQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-062	Declaration of Local Health Emergency and Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors proclaiming a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (March 10, 2020)San Bernardino County local emergency and local health emergency (March 10, 2020)	San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Acting Health Officer	San Bernardino County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source

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)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 2, title 2); Public Health and Health Planning Council with the Commissioner's approval, N.Y. Public Health Law § 225 (Public Health and Health Planning Council; State Sanitary Code) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-005)
Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Emergency Response Act), NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10A-5 (Declaring a state of public health emergency) and 12-10A-6 (Special powers during a public health emergency) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-004)
Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-009)
Pasadena City Council (Resolution No. 9767, adopted Mar. 9, 2020), ratifying the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Pasadena Health Officer (Ying-Ying Goh, M.D.) on Mar. 4, 2020, Resolution No. 9767, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pasadena Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency, Novel Coronavirus, Issued March 4, 2020 (with the Declaration attached) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-048)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Renewal of Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance, Authorizing Enforcement (March 9, 2021) (Mar. 9, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-047)
Summit County Board of Health (Summit County Public Health, Akron, Ohio), Summit County Board of Health resolution requiring the use of facial coverings in public (adopted Aug. 27, 2020), as announced in Summit County Public Health's release of Aug. 28, 2020 (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-124)
Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District, Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding Requirements (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-051)
County of Los Angeles Health Officer, Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-066)
Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368a, Department of Public Health), Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131 to 19a-131i (public health emergency response authority: declaration, quarantine and isolation orders, enforcement, penalty), with §§ 19a-2a (Commissioner's powers) and 19a-36(a)(4) (Public Health Code penalty) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-001)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D, DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-008)
Pasadena Health Officer, City of Pasadena Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier (Issued Jan. 27, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-051)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:4 (Sanitary Code) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-001)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-002)
Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD, Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency / Public Health Order (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-002)
Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer), Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order) (July 14, 2020) (Ex. WV-082)
Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials), 18 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-008)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release), Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release) (Mar. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-001)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:761 (Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act; purposes) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-017)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12 (violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-001)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:769 (special powers during a state of public health emergency; control of property) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-008)
Cascade City-County Board of Health (record of Board action; Trisha Gardner, Public Health Officer), Board of Health Meeting Minutes, January 6, 2021 (continuing the Board's Oct. 28, 2020 Order and the Health Officer's Nov. 20, 2020 Order) (Jan. 6, 2021) (Ex. MT-070)
Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of Delaware (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. DE-007)
Legislative Assembly of North Dakota (codified statute administered by the local boards of health and public health units), N.D.C.C. 23-35-08, 23-35-09, 23-35-12, 23-35-13 (standing) (Ex. DUT-ND-004)
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors; Acting Health Officer, Declaration of Local Health Emergency and Resolutions of the Board of Supervisors proclaiming a Local Emergency and ratifying and extending the Declaration of Local Health Emergency (March 10, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-062)

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