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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-MI-002	MCL 333.2251, Imminent danger to health or lives; order; menace to public healthPublic Health Code sec. 2251: imminent-danger orders of the director; power to take full charge of State and local health laws	Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 22)	MichiganState	Sept. 30, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-006	MCL 333.2451, Imminent danger to health or lives; order of local health officerPublic Health Code sec. 2451: imminent-danger orders of local health officers	Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24)	MichiganState	Sept. 30, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-050	Notice rescinding Emergency Public Health Order #2020-01 (Closure of Swimming Pools)Macomb County Health Department rescinds Emergency Public Health Order #2020-01, Closure of Swimming Pools, effective immediately (June 1…	Macomb County Health Department, William Ridella, Director/Health Officer	Macomb County, MichiganCounty	June 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	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-MI-007	MCL 333.2455, Building or condition violating health laws or constituting nuisance, unsanitary condition, or cause of illness; orderPublic Health Code sec. 2455: orders to abate a building or condition that violates health laws or is a nuisance, unsanitary condition or…	Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24)	MichiganState	Sept. 30, 1978	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-096	Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 - Administration of COVID-19 Tests (authorizing standing orders for testing)The Chief Medical Executive, local health officers and medical directors may issue standing orders for any CLIA-waived, FDA-authorized…	Elizabeth Hertel, Director, MDHHS	Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)State	Feb. 2, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-105	Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Reporting of Confirmed and Probable Cases of COVID-19 at SchoolsLocal health departments must notify schools within 24 hours of a school-associated case; schools must post public notice of cases to the…	Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS	Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)State	Oct. 6, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Schools and child careWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-017	MCL 289.4125, Food establishment license; revocation or suspension; summary suspension for imminent threat to the public healthFood Law sec. 4125: suspension or revocation of a food establishment license for non-compliance, summary suspension on an alleged imminent…	Michigan Legislature (Food Law, 2000 PA 92, Chapter IV, Licensing)	MichiganState	Nov. 8, 2000	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-051	Macomb County Health Department 'Epidemic Orders' page relaying the MDHHS Gatherings and Face Mask Orders (Oct. 6, 9, 21, 28, 29 and Nov. 18, 2020) and the MIOSHA emergency rules of Oct. 14, 2020County page listing the State epidemic orders in force in Macomb County as of Nov. 2020 (context; not a local order)	Macomb County Health Department (web page)	Macomb County, MichiganCounty	Nov. 26, 2020	2020 Q4	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-095	Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Handling of Bodily RemainsModifies disposition-of-remains rules to relieve hospitals and funeral homes: 24-hour and 48-hour limits on locating and acting by persons…	Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS	Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)State	May 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-038	Public Health Advisory - Public, Non-Public, and Boarding SchoolsAdvisory strongly recommending universal masking, three-foot distancing, ventilation, vaccine promotion and symptom monitoring in all K-12…	Wayne County Health Department	Wayne County, Michigan, excluding the City of DetroitCounty	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-094	Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - COVID-19 Death ReportingFuneral directors must initiate the death record within 24 hours of learning that a death resulted or is suspected to have resulted from…	Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS	Michigan - Department of Health and Human Services (State health department)State	Apr. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-001	Emergency Order for Control of EpidemicEmergency Order for Control of Epidemic (face coverings; bars, restaurants and nightclubs; gatherings and events; workplace safeguards by…	Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer	City of Detroit, MichiganCity	Oct. 9, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-026	Emergency Order (2020-11) for Control of PandemicClosure of Public Swimming Pools (parks, schools, motels, camps, resorts, apartments, clubs, hotels, mobile home parks, subdivisions…	Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer	Oakland County, MichiganCounty	May 28, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. MI-049	In re Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division (Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor), No. 161492, 506 Mich. 332 (2020)Opinion holding that the Governor lacked authority under the Emergency Management Act after April 30, 2020 and that the Emergency Powers of…	Michigan Supreme Court	MichiganCourt	Oct. 2, 2020	2020 Q4	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-MI-019	T & V Associates, Inc. v. Director of Health and Human Services, No. 361727 (Mich. Ct. App. June 29, 2023) (for publication)Published opinion on a banquet caterer's challenge to the MDHHS Gatherings and Face Mask Order of March 19, 2021: the orders under MCL…	Michigan Court of Appeals (Boonstra, P.J., and Gadola and Yates, JJ.; opinion by Gadola, J.), on appeal from the Court of Claims, No. 21-000075-MM	MichiganCourt	June 29, 2023		Standing dutyCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementOther	Primary source read
Ex. MI-086	2021 PA 87 (Enrolled Senate Bill 82), Article 6, Secs. 250 and 510Budget boilerplate barring the MDHHS director and local health officers from issuing or enforcing mask orders for persons under 18 (Sec.…	Michigan Legislature (2021 PA 87, approved by the Governor with a signing statement)	MichiganState	Sept. 29, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-019	Emergency Order (2020-3) for Control of PandemicClosing Children's Playground Equipment (indoor and outdoor)	Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer	Oakland County, MichiganCounty	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-020	Emergency Order (2020-4) for Control of PandemicClosure of Shopping Malls	Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer	Oakland County, MichiganCounty	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closure	Primary source read
Ex. MET-DET-024	Emergency Order (2020-8) for Control of PandemicClosing Children's Playground Equipment (continued; rescinds Order 2020-3)	Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer	Oakland County, MichiganCounty	Apr. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MI-003	Executive Order 2020-7Temporary restrictions on entry into health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate care facilities, and juvenile justice…	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MI-076	MDHHS Rescission of Emergency Orders (June 17, 2021)Rescission of the Gatherings and Face Mask Order and related epidemic orders, effective June 22, 2021	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel)	MichiganState	June 17, 2021	2021 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MI-014	MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 incorporating the Governor's executive orders into the epidemic findingOrder incorporating Executive Orders into the MDHHS epidemic finding	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closure	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-029	MDHHS Emergency Order reinforcing the Governor's executive ordersEpidemic order reinforcing Executive Orders (May 18, 2020; re-issued May 27, 2020 and in the late-July 2020 omnibus order)	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	May 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-076	MDHHS Emergency Order, Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020), extended Dec. 7, 2020Gatherings and Face Mask Order ('Pause to Save Lives'): high schools and colleges closed to in-person instruction; indoor dining closed	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon)	MichiganState	Nov. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Business closureGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source

Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 22), MCL 333.2251, Imminent danger to health or lives; order; menace to public health (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-002)
Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24), MCL 333.2451, Imminent danger to health or lives; order of local health officer (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-006)
Macomb County Health Department, William Ridella, Director/Health Officer, Notice rescinding Emergency Public Health Order #2020-01 (Closure of Swimming Pools) (June 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-050)
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)
Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24), MCL 333.2455, Building or condition violating health laws or constituting nuisance, unsanitary condition, or cause of illness; order (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-007)
Elizabeth Hertel, Director, MDHHS, Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 - Administration of COVID-19 Tests (authorizing standing orders for testing) (Feb. 2, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-096)
Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS, Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Reporting of Confirmed and Probable Cases of COVID-19 at Schools (Oct. 6, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-105)
Michigan Legislature (Food Law, 2000 PA 92, Chapter IV, Licensing), MCL 289.4125, Food establishment license; revocation or suspension; summary suspension for imminent threat to the public health (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-017)
Macomb County Health Department (web page), Macomb County Health Department 'Epidemic Orders' page relaying the MDHHS Gatherings and Face Mask Orders (Oct. 6, 9, 21, 28, 29 and Nov. 18, 2020) and the MIOSHA emergency rules of Oct. 14, 2020 (Nov. 26, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-051)
Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS, Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - Handling of Bodily Remains (May 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-095)
Wayne County Health Department, Public Health Advisory - Public, Non-Public, and Boarding Schools (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-DET-038)
Robert Gordon, Director, MDHHS, Emergency Order Under MCL 333.2253 - COVID-19 Death Reporting (Apr. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-094)
Detroit Health Department, Denise Fair, Chief Public Health Officer, Emergency Order for Control of Epidemic (Oct. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-001)
Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer, Emergency Order (2020-11) for Control of Pandemic (May 28, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-026)
Michigan Supreme Court, In re Certified Questions from the United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division (Midwest Institute of Health, PLLC v. Governor), No. 161492, 506 Mich. 332 (2020) (Oct. 2, 2020) (Ex. MI-049)
Michigan Court of Appeals (Boonstra, P.J., and Gadola and Yates, JJ.; opinion by Gadola, J.), on appeal from the Court of Claims, No. 21-000075-MM, T & V Associates, Inc. v. Director of Health and Human Services, No. 361727 (Mich. Ct. App. June 29, 2023) (for publication) (Ex. DUT-MI-019)
Michigan Legislature (2021 PA 87, approved by the Governor with a signing statement), 2021 PA 87 (Enrolled Senate Bill 82), Article 6, Secs. 250 and 510 (Sept. 29, 2021) (Ex. MI-086)
Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer, Emergency Order (2020-3) for Control of Pandemic (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-019)
Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer, Emergency Order (2020-4) for Control of Pandemic (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-020)
Oakland County Health Division, Leigh-Anne Stafford, Health Officer, Emergency Order (2020-8) for Control of Pandemic (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-DET-024)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-7 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MI-003)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel), MDHHS Rescission of Emergency Orders (June 17, 2021) (Ex. MI-076)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order under MCL 333.2253 incorporating the Governor's executive orders into the epidemic finding (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. MI-014)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order reinforcing the Governor's executive orders (May 18, 2020) (Ex. MI-029)
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Robert Gordon), MDHHS Emergency Order, Gatherings and Face Mask Order (Nov. 15, 2020), extended Dec. 7, 2020 (Ex. ECO-B-076)

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