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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. MET-LA-023	Health Officer Order: Health Care Worker Vaccination Requirement (Issue Date Aug. 12, 2021; effective 11:59 p.m. Aug. 12, 2021; compliance required by Sept. 30, 2021)Health Care Worker Vaccination Requirement: Mandating Employers of Health Care and Home Care Workers Who Work in or Routinely Visit…	County of Los Angeles Health Officer	Los Angeles County Public Health JurisdictionCounty	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	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. 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. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-122	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-5 (Extending Certain Licenses)Licenses granted under the Apr. 3, 2020 Order Maximizing Health Care Provider Availability remain valid until Dec. 31, 2021 notwithstanding…	Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health	Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)State	Aug. 20, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-083	State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021, Health Care Worker Vaccine RequirementHealth Care Worker Vaccine Requirement: workers in hospitals, skilled nursing, intermediate care, ambulatory surgery, dialysis, hospice and…	State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon, M.D., Dr.P.H.), California Department of Public Health	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-079	216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment)COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health care workers and health care providers including dentists	Rhode Island Department of Health	Rhode IslandState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. CA-030	State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement	State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-118	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-6Emergency licensure: health care professionals licensed in good standing in another State to be issued corresponding Massachusetts licenses…	Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health	Massachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)State	Aug. 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-058	State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement	State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	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-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. ECO-B-113	216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency rule, Aug. 2021)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers	Rhode Island Department of Health	Rhode IslandState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. NM-060	Public Health Emergency Order of June 30, 2021 (county framework and capacity limits ended; masks for the unvaccinated; CSPs mandatory)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	June 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NM-071	Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated (Sept. 15, 2021)Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. CA-031	State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings	State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon	CaliforniaState	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	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. SEC-02-045	State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement	State Public Health Officer and Director, California Department of Public Health (Tomas J. Aragon, M.D.)	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	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

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)
County of Los Angeles Health Officer, Health Officer Order: Health Care Worker Vaccination Requirement (Issue Date Aug. 12, 2021; effective 11:59 p.m. Aug. 12, 2021; compliance required by Sept. 30, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-023)
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)
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)
Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-5 (Extending Certain Licenses) (Aug. 20, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-122)
State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon, M.D., Dr.P.H.), California Department of Public Health, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021, Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-083)
Rhode Island Department of Health, 216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-079)
State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. CA-030)
Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-6 (Aug. 26, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-118)
State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-058)
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)
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)
Rhode Island Department of Health, 216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency rule, Aug. 2021) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-113)
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)
Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of June 30, 2021 (county framework and capacity limits ended; masks for the unvaccinated; CSPs mandatory) (Ex. NM-060)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. NM-071)
State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon, State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings) (Ex. CA-031)
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)
State Public Health Officer and Director, California Department of Public Health (Tomas J. Aragon, M.D.), State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-02-045)
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)

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