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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. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-002	Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities in Response to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 19392 (Apr. 7, 2020)Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health…	Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	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-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. DUT-IN-004	Ind. 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 powers	Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2021 edition)	IndianaState	July 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-001	18 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders)Health orders	Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health)	VermontState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	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. MA-054	COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (Reissuance of Certain Public Health Orders)Reissuance of Certain Public Health Orders	Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the Governor	MassachusettsState	June 14, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-002	Statute: 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)	CaliforniaState	Jan. 1, 1996	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-016	Chapter 134 of the Laws of 2020 (S. 8835), amending Public Health Law §§ 3081(5) and 3082(1) (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act)An act to amend the public health law, in relation to amending provisions regarding health care facilities and professionals during the…	New York State Legislature (S. 8835, signed by Governor Cuomo August 3, 2020), amending Public Health Law article 30-D (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, enacted April 3, 2020 as Part GGG of chapter 56 of 2020)	New YorkState	Aug. 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyHealth care ordersStanding dutyOperating condition	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. NJ-083	Department of Health memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators, Temporary Operational Waivers during a State of EmergencyHome health agencies and hospices may serve outside licensed geography without prior approval during the State of Emergency, subject to…	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New JerseySector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-002	K.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, when	Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)	KansasState	July 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-006	Administrative 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)	OregonState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutySchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-005	MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detentionPublic Health Code sec. 2453: epidemic emergency orders of local health officers	Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments)	MichiganState	Sept. 30, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-002	La. 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)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-093	Emergency Order Pursuant to MCL 333.2253 - Instructions to Laboratories, Health Professionals and Hospitals (COVID-19 Testing Prioritization and Reporting)CLIA-certified laboratories must prioritize COVID-19 sampling and testing as instructed by the Department; health professionals collecting…	Robert Gordon, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services	Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)State	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-001	Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990)ORS 433.004, 433.006, 433.010, 433.121, 433.128, 433.131, 433.138, 433.142, 433.156, 433.441, 433.442, 433.443, 433.452 and 433.990…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SEA-048	Amended Local Health Officer Order (isolation, quarantine and recovery facilities; homelessness de-intensification; behavioral health)Amended Local Health Officer Order	Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County	King County, WashingtonCounty	May 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-064	Blanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards at N.J.A.C. 8:42 that are More Stringent than Waivers and Guidance Issued by CMS during the Public Health EmergencyBlanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards	Commissioner of Health	New JerseyState	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-021	DEA-DC-043 (EO-DEA213), guidance: Administering certain controlled substances in the parking lot of a health care provider's DEA-registered location during the COVID-19 public health emergencyAdministering Certain CS in the parking lot of a healthcare provider's DEA-registered location during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division (guidance document EO-DEA213)	United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-003	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 VaccinesOrder Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (80 percent of first doses within seven days; registration and…	Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Feb. 12, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. NM-054	Public Health Emergency Order of April 28, 2021 (Red-Yellow-Green-Turquoise framework with vaccination metric)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D.	New MexicoState	Apr. 28, 2021	2021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NM-056	Public Health Emergency Order of May 14, 2021 (fully vaccinated persons relieved of the mask requirement except where CDC recommends)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D.	New MexicoState	May 14, 2021	2021 Q2	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read

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)
Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities in Response to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 19392 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-002)
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)
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)
Indiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2021 edition), Ind. 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-004)
Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health), 18 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-001)
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)
Commissioner of Public Health Monica Bharel, with the approval of the Public Health Council (June 9, 2021) and the Governor, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-1 (Reissuance of Certain Public Health Orders) (June 14, 2021) (Ex. MA-054)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Health and Safety Code, Division 105, Part 1, Chapter 3 (sections 120175-120250), duties of local health officers in communicable disease control (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-002)
New York State Legislature (S. 8835, signed by Governor Cuomo August 3, 2020), amending Public Health Law article 30-D (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act, enacted April 3, 2020 as Part GGG of chapter 56 of 2020), Chapter 134 of the Laws of 2020 (S. 8835), amending Public Health Law §§ 3081(5) and 3082(1) (Emergency or Disaster Treatment Protection Act) (Aug. 3, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NY-016)
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)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Department of Health memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators, Temporary Operational Waivers during a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NJ-083)
Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes), K.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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-KS-002)
Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division (rule filed with the Secretary of State; official Oregon Administrative Rules Database text), Administrative 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-006)
Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments), MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detention (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-005)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:5 (exclusive jurisdiction, control and authority of the state health officer and the office of public health) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-002)
Robert Gordon, Director, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Emergency Order Pursuant to MCL 333.2253 - Instructions to Laboratories, Health Professionals and Hospitals (COVID-19 Testing Prioritization and Reporting) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-093)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, oregonlegislature.gov, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 433 (Disease and Condition Control), Oregon's communicable-disease control act: reportable diseases, investigation and control measures (433.004, 433.006); prohibition on spreading disease (433.010); isolation and quarantine of persons and isolation of premises, with law-enforcement assistance (433.121-433.156); public health emergency powers of the Governor and the Public Health Director (433.441-433.452); penalties (433.990) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-001)
Dr. Jeff Duchin, Local Health Officer, Public Health - Seattle & King County, Amended Local Health Officer Order (isolation, quarantine and recovery facilities; homelessness de-intensification; behavioral health) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-048)
Commissioner of Health, Blanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards at N.J.A.C. 8:42 that are More Stringent than Waivers and Guidance Issued by CMS during the Public Health Emergency (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-064)
Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division (guidance document EO-DEA213), DEA-DC-043 (EO-DEA213), guidance: Administering certain controlled substances in the parking lot of a health care provider's DEA-registered location during the COVID-19 public health emergency (July 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-021)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (Feb. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-003)
Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of April 28, 2021 (Red-Yellow-Green-Turquoise framework with vaccination metric) (Apr. 28, 2021) (Ex. NM-054)
Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of May 14, 2021 (fully vaccinated persons relieved of the mask requirement except where CDC recommends) (Ex. NM-056)

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