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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-116Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-3Retail pharmacies with LTCF or ALR contracts may provide COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care facilities and assisted living residences…Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public HealthMassachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)StateJuly 30, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-119Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-7Facilities may access the Massachusetts Immunization Information System to verify the COVID-19 vaccination status of their employees; access…Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)StateSept. 2, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-117Order of the Commissioner of Public Health Allowing Certain Individuals to Administer Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccines (revised Dec. 18, 2020; original Nov. 2, 2020)Paramedics, EMTs, and medical and nursing students may administer influenza vaccine and EUA COVID-19 vaccines under a practitioner's order…Monica Bharel, MD, MPH, Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)StateDec. 18, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-083Public Health Advisory: Provincetown Residents and Visitors Urged to Take Precautions Due to Uptick of COVID-19 CasesPublic Health Advisory, July 19, 2021Provincetown Select Board, Provincetown Board of Health and Barnstable County Department of Health and EnvironmentTown of Provincetown and Barnstable County, MassachusettsCountyJuly 19, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MA-067COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-4Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding the requirement for nursing home personnel to be vaccinated against COVID-19Acting Commissioner of Public Health Margret R. Cooke, with Public Health Council authorization (June 9, 2021) and the Governor's approvalMassachusettsStateAug. 4, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MA-049Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (the 'modified public health emergency')Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the CommonwealthGovernor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMay 28, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-080Emergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health directing all individuals to stay at their place of residence, directing all businesses to cease non-essential operations at physical locations, prohibiting all non-essential gatherings and ordering cessation of all non-essential travelEmergency Order of the Provincetown Select Board and Board of Health, Effective March 23, 2020 at 5:00 PMProvincetown Select Board and Board of HealthTown of Provincetown (Barnstable County), MassachusettsCityMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. DUT-MA-028Governor's Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved)Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth (the 'modified public health emergency')Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMay 28, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MA-069105 CMR 159.000COVID-19 Vaccinations for Certain Staff Providing Home Care Services in Massachusetts (emergency regulation)Department of Public Health (emergency regulation)MassachusettsStateSept. 8, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-161Emergency Order for the month of October 2020: Step 2 of Phase III postponed; table capacity remains six; pedestrian mall restrictions; local traveler formEmergency Order - October 2020: Step 2 Reopening Postponed; Table Capacity Remains 6; Pedestrian Mall Area Restrictions; Local Traveler Form…Mayor and Board of Health of the City of SalemCity of Salem, MassachusettsCityOct. 2, 20202020 Q4Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MA-070101 CMR 23.00COVID-19 Vaccinations for Staff at Certain Agency Facilities (emergency regulation)Executive Office of Health and Human Services (emergency regulation)MassachusettsStateAug. 13, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-122Supplemental Emergency Order (Emergency Order No. 3 supplement) reaffirming the construction and commercial landscaping suspension (Emergency Order No. 1, Mar. 20, 2020) and the stay-at-home order (Emergency Order No. 3, Mar. 22, 2020)Supplemental Emergency Order, March 30, 2020Town of Nantucket (Select Board and Board of Health)Town and County of Nantucket, MassachusettsCityMar. 30, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-019City of Boston announcement of the indoor mask mandate and Five-Point Plan for the Delta VariantMayor Janey announces indoor mask mandate for City of Boston (boston.gov, August 20, 2021)Acting Mayor Kim Janey (announcing the BPHC order of Aug. 20, 2021)City of Boston, MassachusettsCityAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-055MBTA service revisions of Mar. 23-25, 2020: Commuter Rail Reduced Service Schedule modified; all non-essential travel discouragedMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (targeted adjustments to Commuter Rail capacity effective Wednesday, Mar. 25, 2020)Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (General Manager Steve Poftak)Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-COURTS-076Supreme Judicial Court Order in re COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic regarding access to state courthouses and court facilities (OE-144)Persons diagnosed with, exposed to or symptomatic of coronavirus, persons asked to self-quarantine, and persons who had travelled to China…Supreme Judicial Court of MassachusettsSupreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (statewide)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineCourts and public officesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MA-025COVID-19 Order No. 45Order Instituting a Mandatory 14-Day Quarantine Requirement for Travelers Arriving in MassachusettsGovernor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateJuly 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MA-045COVID-19 Order No. 66Order Advancing All Communities to Phase IV, Step 1 of the Commonwealth's Re-Opening Plan and Transitioning to a Travel Advisory Policy…Governor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateMar. 18, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-041City of Boston COVID-19 vaccination verification or weekly testing policy for City employees, onsite contractors and volunteersVaccination mandate announced for City of Boston employees (boston.gov, August 16, 2021)Acting Mayor Kim Janey (City of Boston as employer of 18,000 workers)City of Boston, MassachusettsCityAug. 16, 20212021 Q3Workplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-090MBTA schedule revisions: all services on a reduced schedule effective March 17, 2020 until further noticeMBTA Announces Schedule Revisions to Take Effect Tuesday, March 17 (posted March 16, 2020)MBTA (General Manager Steve Poftak)Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Boston metropolitan transit)Sector regulatorMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-BOS-091MBTA notice: MBTA discourages all non-essential travelMBTA Discourages All Non-Essential Travel (posted March 23, 2020)MBTAMassachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulatorMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Travel and quarantineOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-093MBTA notice: face covering enforcement takes effect November 6, 2020Face Covering Enforcement Takes Effect November 6 (posted November 6, 2020)MBTAMassachusetts Bay Transportation AuthoritySector regulatorNov. 6, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementTravel and quarantineConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-06-017COVID-19 Order No. 45Order Instituting a Mandatory 14-Day Quarantine Requirement for Travelers Arriving in MassachusettsGovernor Charles D. BakerMassachusettsStateJuly 24, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read

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