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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. 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. 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. 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-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. DUT-CT-002	Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders; injunctions; closure; civil penalties), 19a-207 (local enforcement of the Public Health Code; DPH enforcement in emergencies), 19a-221 (local quarantine and isolation orders; duty to carry out the Commissioner's emergency orders), 19a-230 (penalty)Chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities	Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities)	ConnecticutState	Dec. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AK-021	Health Mandate 015, Services by Health Care Providers (Apr. 15, 2020; revised May 19 and June 1, 2020) (cross-reference to Ex. AK-017; not re-saved)Health Mandate 015 (conditions on the resumption of routine and elective health care)	Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum, DHSS; Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer	AlaskaState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NV-010	Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 446 (Food Establishments), as in force in 2020-2021 (Wayback Machine capture of the Legislature's chapter page, June 9, 2021), NRS 446.880, 446.935, 446.940, 446.945NRS Chapter 446 - Food Establishments (chapter page as published by the Nevada Legislature, archived June 9, 2021)	Nevada Legislature; enforced by the health authority (the Southern Nevada Health District, the Washoe County Health District, the Carson City Health and Human Services Department and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health)	NevadaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WV-029	Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order) of July 14, 2020 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-082; not re-saved)Businesses serving the public closed for deep cleaning on three cases, and for fourteen days' quarantine on a further three; inspections on…	Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer)	Monongalia CountyCounty	July 14, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-007	410 IAC 1-2.5, Communicable Disease Reporting and Control (Title 410, Article 1, Rule 2.5; official compilation published by the Indiana Department of Health): sections 410 IAC 1-2.5-75 and -76 (reporting), -77 (disease intervention measures), -79 (general control measures), -80 to -148 (specific control measures)Communicable Disease Reporting and Control rule: duties of health officers, cases, carriers and contacts; general and specific control…	Indiana Department of Health (Indiana State Department of Health; executive board rulemaking under Ind. Code 16-19-3-4 and 16-41-2-1)	IndianaState	Nov. 25, 2015	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-016	Public Health COVID-19 Reopening Guidance (4/27/20)Iowa Department of Public Health, Public Health COVID-19 Reopening Guidance, April 27, 2020	Iowa Department of Public Health	IowaState	Apr. 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Standing dutyGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SD-015	SDCL ch. 34-18 (§§ 34-18-2, 34-18-9, 34-18-22, 34-18-27, 34-18-27.1, 34-18-27.3, 34-18-32)Health regulation of lodging and food service establishments: license required; minimum public health and safety rules; summary suspension…	South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Secretary of Health)	South DakotaState	Sept. 29, 2026	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-WY-028	Laramie County Health Officer Public Health Order #10-2020 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-035)Order Requiring All Adults Within Laramie County, Wyoming, Including the City of Cheyenne, to Wear Face Coverings in Certain Places	Laramie County Health Officer Stanley E. Hartman, M.D., with the written authorization of State Health Officer Alexia Harrist	Laramie County, Wyoming (including the City of Cheyenne)County	Oct. 30, 2020	2020 Q4	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-015	22 M.R.S. sec. 1561 (owner's or occupant's duty to remove, within 24 hours of the local health officer's notice, any source of filth 'determined to be potentially injurious to health'; forfeiture; removal at owner's expense)22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance (Maine Revised Statutes, section page as published by the Revisor of Statutes, rendered…	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance; enforced by local health officers)	MaineState	Jan. 1, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-009	Act No. 99 of 2021 (S. 147, R. 39), a Joint Resolution, the 'South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act'A Joint Resolution to enact the 'South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act' so as to provide liability protections for a limited time…	General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 147, ratified R. 39, April 28, 2021; approved by Governor Henry McMaster April 28, 2021)	South CarolinaState	Apr. 28, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-004	173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, Directed Health Measures to Prevent or Limit the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or PoisoningTitle 173, Control of Communicable Disease, Chapter 6	Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure	NebraskaState	Feb. 21, 2007	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-019	Legislative Bill 139 (2021), the COVID-19 Liability Act (secs. 1-4) and the Health Care Crisis Protocol Act (secs. 5-9)A bill for an act relating to public health and welfare; to adopt the COVID-19 Liability Act; to adopt the Health Care Crisis Protocol Act…	Nebraska Legislature (One Hundred Seventh Legislature, First Session); approved by Governor Pete Ricketts	NebraskaState	May 25, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NE-032	COVID-19 Directed Health Measures FAQ (cross-reference to Ex. NE-029; not re-saved)DHHS COVID-19 Directed Health Measures Frequently Asked Questions	Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services	NebraskaState	July 30, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyOperating conditionOther	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OK-015	63 O.S. 6406 (SB 300, 2020), COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Limited Liability ActShort Title - Definitions - Immune from Civil Liability - Effective Dates	Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 300, 2d Sess., 57th Leg.)	OklahomaState	May 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AL-018	'Safer at Home' Statewide Public Health Order Frequently Asked Questions (undated; posted March 2020)'Safer at Home' Statewide Public Health Order Frequently Asked Questions	Office of the Governor and Alabama Department of Public Health (FAQ posted on governor.alabama.gov for the State Health Officer's amended order of March 27, 2020)	AlabamaState	Mar. 28, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-015	Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments (effective September 7, 2019)Arkansas State Board of Health Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments, effective September 7, 2019	Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Environmental Health Protection (Nathaniel Smith, M.D., Secretary of Health)	ArkansasState	Sept. 7, 2019	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureWorkplace rulesStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-AR-016	ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report)KATV, 'Little Rock bar linked to cluster of infections didn't follow health rules, state says' (July 6, 2020)	Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock)	ArkansasState	July 6, 2020	2020 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementOperating condition	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-004	15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and ConditionsRules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (duty to report; duties of local health officer; suspects and contacts…	Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases	MississippiState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-018	Notice of Immediate Food Service Permit Suspension, Jalisco Cafe, Permit No. 000228 (May 22, 2020)Enforcement instrument suspending a restaurant's food service permit for dine-in operation 'given the public health emergency declared by…	New Mexico Environment Department, Environmental Health Bureau	New MexicoState	May 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyBusiness closureOperating condition	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-008	Agency FAQ (published PDF)Frequently Asked Questions: Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public Health Safety Measures for…	Pennsylvania Department of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Standing dutyCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesOperating condition	Primary source read

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)
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)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by local health officers), Wis. Stat. § 254.59 (2019-20), Human health hazards (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-009)
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)
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)
Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368e, Municipal Health Authorities), Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-206 (nuisances; orders; injunctions; closure; civil penalties), 19a-207 (local enforcement of the Public Health Code; DPH enforcement in emergencies), 19a-221 (local quarantine and isolation orders; duty to carry out the Commissioner's emergency orders), 19a-230 (penalty) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-002)
Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner Adam Crum, DHSS; Dr. Anne Zink, Chief Medical Officer, Health Mandate 015, Services by Health Care Providers (Apr. 15, 2020; revised May 19 and June 1, 2020) (cross-reference to Ex. AK-017; not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-AK-021)
Nevada Legislature; enforced by the health authority (the Southern Nevada Health District, the Washoe County Health District, the Carson City Health and Human Services Department and the Division of Public and Behavioral Health), Nevada Revised Statutes chapter 446 (Food Establishments), as in force in 2020-2021 (Wayback Machine capture of the Legislature's chapter page, June 9, 2021), NRS 446.880, 446.935, 446.940, 446.945 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NV-010)
Monongalia County Health Department (Dr. Lee B. Smith, Executive Director and County Health Officer), Monongalia County Health Department Ordinance (Health Officer's order) of July 14, 2020 (cross-reference to Ex. WV-082; not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-WV-029)
Indiana Department of Health (Indiana State Department of Health; executive board rulemaking under Ind. Code 16-19-3-4 and 16-41-2-1), 410 IAC 1-2.5, Communicable Disease Reporting and Control (Title 410, Article 1, Rule 2.5; official compilation published by the Indiana Department of Health): sections 410 IAC 1-2.5-75 and -76 (reporting), -77 (disease intervention measures), -79 (general control measures), -80 to -148 (specific control measures) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IN-007)
Iowa Department of Public Health, Public Health COVID-19 Reopening Guidance (4/27/20) (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. DUT-IA-016)
South Dakota Legislature (codified statute administered by the Secretary of Health), SDCL ch. 34-18 (§§ 34-18-2, 34-18-9, 34-18-22, 34-18-27, 34-18-27.1, 34-18-27.3, 34-18-32) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SD-015)
Laramie County Health Officer Stanley E. Hartman, M.D., with the written authorization of State Health Officer Alexia Harrist, Laramie County Health Officer Public Health Order #10-2020 (cross-reference to Ex. WY-035) (Oct. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-028)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. sec. 1561, Removal of private nuisance; enforced by local health officers), 22 M.R.S. sec. 1561 (owner's or occupant's duty to remove, within 24 hours of the local health officer's notice, any source of filth 'determined to be potentially injurious to health'; forfeiture; removal at owner's expense) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-015)
General Assembly of South Carolina (S. 147, ratified R. 39, April 28, 2021; approved by Governor Henry McMaster April 28, 2021), Act No. 99 of 2021 (S. 147, R. 39), a Joint Resolution, the 'South Carolina COVID-19 Liability Immunity Act' (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-009)
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure, 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, Directed Health Measures to Prevent or Limit the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or Poisoning (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-004)
Nebraska Legislature (One Hundred Seventh Legislature, First Session); approved by Governor Pete Ricketts, Legislative Bill 139 (2021), the COVID-19 Liability Act (secs. 1-4) and the Health Care Crisis Protocol Act (secs. 5-9) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-019)
Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, COVID-19 Directed Health Measures FAQ (cross-reference to Ex. NE-029; not re-saved) (July 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NE-032)
Oklahoma Legislature (Senate Bill 300, 2d Sess., 57th Leg.), 63 O.S. 6406 (SB 300, 2020), COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Limited Liability Act (May 12, 2020) (Ex. DUT-OK-015)
Office of the Governor and Alabama Department of Public Health (FAQ posted on governor.alabama.gov for the State Health Officer's amended order of March 27, 2020), 'Safer at Home' Statewide Public Health Order Frequently Asked Questions (undated; posted March 2020) (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-018)
Arkansas State Board of Health / Arkansas Department of Health, Environmental Health Protection (Nathaniel Smith, M.D., Secretary of Health), Rules Pertaining to Retail Food Establishments (effective September 7, 2019) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AR-015)
Arkansas Department of Health (closure order) and Governor Asa Hutchinson (statement of July 6, 2020), as reported by KATV (Little Rock), ADH order of July 4, 2020 closing Brewski's Pub & Grub, Little Rock, as an imminent threat to public health (news report) (July 6, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AR-016)
Mississippi State Board of Health / Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Communicable Diseases, 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Subpt. 11, ch. 1, Mississippi State Department of Health Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-004)
New Mexico Environment Department, Environmental Health Bureau, Notice of Immediate Food Service Permit Suspension, Jalisco Cafe, Permit No. 000228 (May 22, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NM-018)
Pennsylvania Department of Health, Agency FAQ (published PDF) (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. DUT-PA-008)

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