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Ex. DUT-OR-002	Statute: ORS chapter 431A (Public Health Programs and Activities), sections 431A.005-431A.015: definitions of 'public health law' and 'public health measure'; power of the Oregon Health Authority and local public health administrators to enforce public health laws, with civil penalties; public health actions of the Public Health DirectorORS 431A.005, 431A.010 and 431A.015: enforcement of public health laws by administrative order, civil penalty of up to $500 a day per…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2019 Edition, as captured by the Wayback Machine Oct. 17, 2020)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care PersonnelOrder Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, FQHCs and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care Personnel (10 percent of each shipment…	Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Dec. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OR-003	Statute: ORS chapter 431 (State and Local Administration and Enforcement of Health Laws), sections 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: the Oregon Health Authority's supervision of 'all matters relating to the preservation of life and health,' its duty and the local public health administrators' duty to enforce every public health law, and their power to restrain violations by injunctionORS 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: general powers and duties of the Oregon Health Authority; enforcement of public health…	Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition)	OregonState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-082	Salt Lake County Health Department 'Public Health Order' page (capture of Sept. 17, 2021)Public Health Order - Health Department \| SLCo: 'There are currently no Salt Lake County public health orders in effect'; 'Previous Public…	Salt Lake County Health Department	Salt Lake County, UtahCounty	Sept. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-009	22 M.R.S. sec. 451 (appointment), sec. 453 (local board of health), sec. 454-A (powers and duties: inspection of premises where 'conditions posing a public health threat' exist; orders for 'the suppression and removal of nuisances and conditions suspected of posing or found to pose a public health threat'; enforcement of public health laws), sec. 461 (notice to clean or quit unfit premises; closure), sec. 462 (law enforcement assistance)Title 22, Chapter 153: Local Health Officers (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 153, Local Health Officers; every municipality's local health officer under the supervision of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services)	MaineState	Jan. 5, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	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-CA-004	Statute: Health and Safety Code section 101040, preventive measures by the local health officer during a state of emergency or local emergencyHealth and Safety Code section 101040: the local health officer may take any preventive measure necessary to protect and preserve the public…	California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)	CaliforniaState	Jan. 1, 2008	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CMH-031	Stay at Home Advisory issued by Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public HealthStay at Home Advisory Issued by Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health	Columbus Public Health (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner) and Franklin County Public Health (Joe Mazzola, Health Commissioner)	City of Columbus and Franklin County, OhioCounty	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineOther	Primary source read
Ex. IN-085	Bloomington Resolution 20-11 (passed 9-0, July 22, 2020) supporting the Monroe County Health Department Public Health Order of July 17, 2020, the Board of Health Public Health Regulation of July 21, 2020 and Mayor's Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020Monroe County face-covering order (effective July 17, 2020) and regulations on gathering size and service in bars, restaurants and…	Common Council of the City of Bloomington (Resolution 20-11), reciting orders of the Monroe County Health Department (July 17, 2020), the Monroe County Board of Health (regulation of July 21, 2020) and Mayor John Hamilton (Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020)	City of Bloomington and Monroe County, IndianaCity	July 22, 2020	2020 Q3	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementAlcohol and bars	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. VA-002	Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner, Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Order of Public Health Emergency One (Mar. 17, 2020), as amended Mar. 20, 2020Amended Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner Declaration of Public Health Emergency	Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver	VirginiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-002	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990NRS Chapter 439 - Administration of Public Health (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature)	Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-055	Health Officer Orders index page (archived July 3, 2021)San Bernardino County Health Officer Orders (index of every county order and the State orders applied to the county, March 10, 2020 to June…	San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (sbcovid19.com, 'Health Officer Orders' page as archived July 3, 2021)	San Bernardino County, CaliforniaCounty	July 3, 2021		Other	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-WI-009	Wis. Stat. § 254.59 (2019-20), Human health hazardsLocal health officer's mandatory order to abate or remove a human health hazard on private premises; owner or occupant to comply; abatement…	Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by local health officers)	WisconsinState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046	USHE release, 'Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Utah Department of Health issue weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for USHE students' (November 9, 2020), quoting the State Public Health Order's 'Restrictions on institutions of higher education'State public health order requiring every public institution of higher education to test each student age 18 or older who lives on campus or…	Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of Nov. 8, 2020, as updated Nov. 23, 2020); recited by the Utah System of Higher Education	Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of November 8, 2020) as applied to the Utah System of Higher Education's eight public institutions; State levelState	Nov. 9, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	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-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. MET-LA-051	City of Pasadena Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier (Issued Jan. 27, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28, 2021)Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier	Pasadena Health Officer	City of PasadenaCity	Jan. 27, 2021	2021 Q1	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules	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. SEC-03-056	Public Health Order (Apr. 30, 2020) on non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeriesPublic Health Emergency Order: health care services	Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel	New MexicoState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-015	Statute: Health and Safety Code section 114409 (California Retail Food Code), permit suspension and closure on an imminent health hazardHealth and Safety Code section 114409: if any imminent health hazard is found and is not immediately corrected, the enforcement officer may…	California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel)	CaliforniaState	Jan. 1, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-018	Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited…	Fulton County Board of Health	Fulton County, GeorgiaCounty	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-083	Salt Lake County Health Department 'Public Health Order' (business) page (capture of Apr. 14, 2020)Salt Lake County Health Department COVID-19 public health order page during the Stay Safe, Stay Home period, listing Orders 2020-01 (Mar.…	Salt Lake County Health Department	Salt Lake County, UtahCounty	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Other	Primary source read
Ex. MET-BNA-060	Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)	Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)	Shelby County, TennesseeCounty		2020 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Confirmed from a secondary source

Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2019 Edition, as captured by the Wayback Machine Oct. 17, 2020), Statute: ORS chapter 431A (Public Health Programs and Activities), sections 431A.005-431A.015: definitions of 'public health law' and 'public health measure'; power of the Oregon Health Authority and local public health administrators to enforce public health laws, with civil penalties; public health actions of the Public Health Director (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-002)
Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care Personnel (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016)
Oregon Legislative Assembly (codified text published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel, 2025 Edition), Statute: ORS chapter 431 (State and Local Administration and Enforcement of Health Laws), sections 431.110, 431.150, 431.155, 431.157 and 431.413: the Oregon Health Authority's supervision of 'all matters relating to the preservation of life and health,' its duty and the local public health administrators' duty to enforce every public health law, and their power to restrain violations by injunction (standing) (Ex. DUT-OR-003)
Salt Lake County Health Department, Salt Lake County Health Department 'Public Health Order' page (capture of Sept. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-SLC-082)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 153, Local Health Officers; every municipality's local health officer under the supervision of the Commissioner of Health and Human Services), 22 M.R.S. sec. 451 (appointment), sec. 453 (local board of health), sec. 454-A (powers and duties: inspection of premises where 'conditions posing a public health threat' exist; orders for 'the suppression and removal of nuisances and conditions suspected of posing or found to pose a public health threat'; enforcement of public health laws), sec. 461 (notice to clean or quit unfit premises; closure), sec. 462 (law enforcement assistance) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-009)
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)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Health and Safety Code section 101040, preventive measures by the local health officer during a state of emergency or local emergency (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-004)
Columbus Public Health (Mysheika W. Roberts, MD, MPH, Health Commissioner) and Franklin County Public Health (Joe Mazzola, Health Commissioner), Stay at Home Advisory issued by Columbus Public Health and Franklin County Public Health (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MET-CMH-031)
Common Council of the City of Bloomington (Resolution 20-11), reciting orders of the Monroe County Health Department (July 17, 2020), the Monroe County Board of Health (regulation of July 21, 2020) and Mayor John Hamilton (Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020), Bloomington Resolution 20-11 (passed 9-0, July 22, 2020) supporting the Monroe County Health Department Public Health Order of July 17, 2020, the Board of Health Public Health Regulation of July 21, 2020 and Mayor's Executive Order 20-02 of July 20, 2020 (Ex. IN-085)
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)
Governor Ralph S. Northam and State Health Commissioner M. Norman Oliver, Order of the Governor and State Health Commissioner, Declaration of Public Health Emergency, Order of Public Health Emergency One (Mar. 17, 2020), as amended Mar. 20, 2020 (Ex. VA-002)
Nevada Legislature; State Board of Health; county, district and city boards of health, Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 439 (Administration of Public Health), NRS 439.010 to 439.990 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-002)
San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (sbcovid19.com, 'Health Officer Orders' page as archived July 3, 2021), Health Officer Orders index page (archived July 3, 2021) (Ex. MET-RIV-055)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by local health officers), Wis. Stat. § 254.59 (2019-20), Human health hazards (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-009)
Utah Department of Health (State Public Health Order of Nov. 8, 2020, as updated Nov. 23, 2020); recited by the Utah System of Higher Education, USHE release, 'Gov. Gary R. Herbert and Utah Department of Health issue weekly COVID-19 testing requirement for USHE students' (November 9, 2020), quoting the State Public Health Order's 'Restrictions on institutions of higher education' (Nov. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046)
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)
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)
Pasadena Health Officer, City of Pasadena Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Blueprint for a Safer Economy, Purple Tier (Issued Jan. 27, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. Jan. 28, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-051)
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 Kathyleen M. Kunkel, Public Health Order (Apr. 30, 2020) on non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeries (Ex. SEC-03-056)
California Legislature (codified text published by the Legislative Counsel), Statute: Health and Safety Code section 114409 (California Retail Food Code), permit suspension and closure on an imminent health hazard (standing) (Ex. DUT-CA-015)
Fulton County Board of Health, Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human Contact (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-ATL-018)
Salt Lake County Health Department, Salt Lake County Health Department 'Public Health Order' (business) page (capture of Apr. 14, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-083)
Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer), Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020) (Ex. MET-BNA-060)

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