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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-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. DUT-VA-002Va. Code Title 32.1, Chapter 2 (sections 32.1-35 to 32.1-73.x), including Article 3 Disease Control (sections 32.1-42 Emergency rules and regulations; 32.1-43 Authority of State Health Commissioner to require quarantine, etc.; 32.1-48 Powers of Commissioner in epidemic) and Article 3.01 Isolation and Quarantine of Persons with Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat (sections 32.1-48.05 to 32.1-48.017)Code of Virginia, Title 32.1 Health, Chapter 2 Disease Prevention and Control (full chapter text)General Assembly of Virginia (Code of Virginia, Title 32.1, Chapter 2, Disease Prevention and Control)VirginiaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-018Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-006Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order and Implementing a Safer at Home Public Health Emergency Order…Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Office of Environmental Health and Protection ProgramNavajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal governmentTribalMar. 10, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-078Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-012Rescinding the Stay at Home (Shelter in Place) Public Health Emergency Order, Implementing a 'Safer at Home' Public Health Emergency Order…Navajo Department of HealthNavajo NationTribalJune 18, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-007La. R.S. 29:766 (declaration of a state of public health emergency; emergency powers of the governor)Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act: declaration of a state of public health emergency by executive order or proclamation, to be…Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)LouisianaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. FL-035DOH Public Health Advisory (In re: Updated Measures to Ensure Protection of Public Health in Response to COVID-19)Public Health Advisory: wearing face coverings; vulnerable populations; gatheringsState Surgeon General Scott A. Rivkees, M.D.FloridaStateJune 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MT-084Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amendedTrisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments)Cascade County, MontanaCountyNov. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-007Executive Order N-33-20 with the Order of the State Public Health Officer of March 19, 2020 (text copy)Executive Order N-33-20 (statewide stay-at-home order)Governor Gavin Newsom; State Public Health Officer Sonia AngellCaliforniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-073Shelby County Health Order and Directive No. 18Health Directive No. 18 (food and beverage service ends at midnight; fixed paired bar seats; two-hour limit; no indoor dancing; courthouse…Shelby County Health DepartmentShelby County, TennesseeCountyFeb. 17, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAN-020Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (signed and effective Feb. 6, 2021)Order of the Health Officer and Emergency Regulations (Effective February 6, 2021)Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., Public Health Officer; Emergency Regulations by the Director of Emergency ServicesSan Diego County, CaliforniaCountyFeb. 6, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-075Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-007Continuing the 'Safer at Home' Public Health Emergency Order; Extending Daily Curfews; Extending Business Hours; Requirements for Drive-in…Navajo Department of HealthNavajo NationTribalMar. 26, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MD-007StatuteGovernor's orders in a catastrophic health emergency: seizure and rationing, medical examination, testing and vaccination, isolation and…Maryland General Assembly (Public Safety Article, Title 14, Subtitle 3A, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)MarylandState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-IND-038Public Health Order 38-2020Public Health Order 38-2020 - re-issues PHO 35-2020 (identical except paragraph 30, nursing-home visitation, and removal of paragraphs…MCPHD, Virginia A. Caine, M.D.Marion County, IndianaCountyDec. 14, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AZ-064Public Health Emergency Order No. 2020-004Public Health Emergency Order implementing a daily curfew (8:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m.) and restating the Stay at Home orderNavajo Department of HealthNavajo NationTribalMar. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Stay-at-homeCurfew and hoursPrimary source read
Ex. MET-KC-075Clay County Public Health Emergency Orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Orders 05272020, 05312020, 06152020, 07012020, 08212020, 11172020, 01132021, 02212021Clay County public health emergency orders, March 2020 - February 2021Clay County Public Health Center, Director Gary ZaboracClay County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-KC-076Platte County Health Department orders (series): stay-home order (Mar. 24, 2020); Amended Orders effective July 1, July 16, Nov. 23, 2020, Jan. 16 and Feb. 22, 2021Platte County public health orders, March 2020 - February 2021Platte County Health Department (Director Mary Jo Vernon) under the Platte County state of emergencyPlatte County, Missouri (outside Kansas City)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NY-108Interim Guidance for Food Services During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyInterim Guidance for Food Services During the COVID-19 Public Health EmergencyNew York State Department of Health (New York Forward)New YorkSector regulatorJune 12, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-TRIBAL-019Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-010Revising Daily Curfews and Expanding GatheringsNavajo Department of Health, Navajo Office of Environmental Health and Protection ProgramNavajo Nation (Arizona, New Mexico, Utah) - tribal governmentTribalApr. 22, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-014Health Commissioner's Order No. 13Order limiting bars, restaurants and nightclubs to 50 percent occupancy and an 11:00 p.m. closing; Large Venues to 50 percent; employee…Fredrick Echols, M.D., Acting Director of Health and Hospitals/Health CommissionerCity of St. Louis, MissouriCityAug. 12, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-015Health Commissioner's Order No. 14Order extending Order No. 13 until rescindedFredrick Echols, M.D., Acting Director of Health and Hospitals/Health CommissionerCity of St. Louis, MissouriCitySept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-017Health Commissioner's Order No. 16Order keeping bars, restaurants and nightclubs at 50 percent occupancy and moving the closing hour to 12:00 a.m.Fredrick Echols, M.D., Acting Director of Health and Hospitals/Health CommissionerCity of St. Louis, MissouriCityMar. 8, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-01564 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding…West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)West VirginiaStateJuly 12, 20132020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-STL-018Health Commissioner's Order No. 17Order replacing percentage caps with distancing-based capacity; bars close no later than 3:00 a.m.; outdoor mask exceptions for vaccinated…Fredrick Echols, M.D., Acting Director of Health and Hospitals/Health CommissionerCity of St. Louis, MissouriCityApr. 30, 20212021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-042Knox County Board of Health Regulation 2021-3COVID-19 Restaurant and Event Venue Occupancy Limitation and Early Closure Regulation (1:00 a.m. close; effective 11:59 p.m. March 18, 2021…Knox County Board of HealthKnox County, TennesseeCountyMar. 18, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read