| 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. 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-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. 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. MET-LA-048 | Resolution No. 9767, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pasadena Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency, Novel Coronavirus, Issued March 4, 2020 (with the Declaration attached)Resolution No. 9767 Ratifying the Health Officer's Declaration of a Local Public Health Emergency (Novel Coronavirus) Issued March 4, 2020 | Pasadena City Council (Resolution No. 9767, adopted Mar. 9, 2020), ratifying the Declaration of Local Health Emergency issued by the Pasadena Health Officer (Ying-Ying Goh, M.D.) on Mar. 4, 2020 | City of Pasadena (separate city health jurisdiction)City | Mar. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | 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. MET-SEA-051 | Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding RequirementsHealth Officer's Order No. 20-056 | Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District | Snohomish County, Washington (Snohomish Health District)County | Mar. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | 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-CT-001 | Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131 to 19a-131i (public health emergency response authority: declaration, quarantine and isolation orders, enforcement, penalty), with §§ 19a-2a (Commissioner's powers) and 19a-36(a)(4) (Public Health Code penalty)Chapter 368a, Department of Public Health: Public health emergency response authority | Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368a, Department of Public Health) | ConnecticutState | July 9, 2003 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty | 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. 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. 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. 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 | |