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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. 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. 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. 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-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. 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. 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. DUT-LA-001	La. R.S. 40:4 (Sanitary Code)Sanitary Code: the state health officer shall prepare, promulgate and enforce the Sanitary Code, which shall provide for and require control…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState	Jan. 1, 2025	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-002	N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws)Wilful violation of health laws	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)	New YorkState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-002	Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency / Public Health OrderDeclaration of Local Public Health Emergency, Public Health Order, Summit County, Utah	Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD	Summit County, UtahCounty	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. AK-024	November 16th Disaster Declaration Fact Sheet (Cross-Walk: Original Health Mandates to New Outbreak Health Orders)Fact sheet crosswalking Health Mandates 001-018 to the Outbreak Health Orders	Office of the Governor	AlaskaState	Nov. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Emergency declaration	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-008	18 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers)Duties of local health officers	Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials)	VermontState	July 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-RIV-001	Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release)Riverside County Public Health Officer declares local health emergency	Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release)	Riverside County, CaliforniaCounty	Mar. 8, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declaration	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-007	Extension of Local Public Health Emergency (Public Health Order)Extension of Local Public Health Emergency, Public Health Order, Summit County, Utah	Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough	Summit County, UtahCounty	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declaration	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-LA-017	La. R.S. 29:761 (Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act; purposes)Legislative findings and purposes of the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act: 'the government must do all that is reasonable and necessary…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	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-NY-001	N.Y. Public Health Law § 12 (violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions)Violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)	New YorkState	Apr. 1, 2029	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding duty	Primary source read

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), 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
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)
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)
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, 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) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. MET-LA-048)
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)
Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; executed by local health officers), Wis. Stat. § 254.59 (2019-20), Human health hazards (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-009)
Christopher Spitters, MD, MPH, Interim Health Officer, Snohomish Health District, Health Officer's Order No. 20-056: Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Formal Bidding Requirements (Mar. 4, 2020) (Ex. MET-SEA-051)
Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368a, Department of Public Health), 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) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-001)
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)
Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS); Commissioner John Hellerstedt, M.D, DSHS News Release, 'Texas Health Commissioner Declares Public Health Disaster' (March 19, 2020) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-008)
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)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:4 (Sanitary Code) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-001)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-002)
Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD, Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency / Public Health Order (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-002)
Office of the Governor, November 16th Disaster Declaration Fact Sheet (Cross-Walk: Original Health Mandates to New Outbreak Health Orders) (Nov. 15, 2020) (Ex. AK-024)
Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 11, Local Health Officials), 18 V.S.A. sec. 602a (Duties of local health officers) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-008)
Riverside County Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser (Riverside University Health System-Public Health news release), Declaration of Local Health Emergency (announced by news release) (Mar. 8, 2020) (Ex. MET-RIV-001)
Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, Extension of Local Public Health Emergency (Public Health Order) (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-007)
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)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:761 (Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act; purposes) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-017)
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)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12 (violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-001)

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