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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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-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. 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. 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-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. 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. UT-054	Public Health Order (Stay Safe, Stay Home), Weber-Morgan Health DepartmentPublic Health Order, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Weber and Morgan Counties, Utah	Brian Bennion, Weber-Morgan Health Officer, Weber-Morgan Health Department	Weber and Morgan Counties, UtahCounty	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	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-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-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
Ex. DUT-SD-004	Order Declaring Public Health Emergency 2020-01Order Declaring Public Health Emergency (Minnehaha County), April 10, 2020	Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Health, with the consent and authorization of Governor Kristi Noem	Minnehaha County, South Dakota (declared by the State Secretary of Health)State	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. NM-010	Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect; and Amending the March 23, 2020 Public Health Emergency Order Closing All Businesses and Non-Profit Entities Except for those Deemed Essential (Apr. 6, 2020)Amended closure order of April 6, 2020	Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel	New MexicoState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering cap	Primary source read
Ex. NM-039	Public Health Emergency Order of November 13, 2020 (the two-week 'reset')Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. Jimenez	New MexicoState	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NM-012	Public Health Emergency Order of April 30, 2020 amending the March 23, April 6 and April 11 closure ordersPublic Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel	New MexicoState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-008	La. R.S. 29:769 (special powers during a state of public health emergency; control of property)Special powers during a state of public health emergency: the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, in…	Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)	LouisianaState	July 1, 2022	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureSupply chainStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. NM-040	Amended Public Health Emergency Order of November 18, 2020 (reset tightened; big-box retail closed; animal grooming barred)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. Jimenez	New MexicoState	Nov. 18, 2020	2020 Q4	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules	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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Brian Bennion, Weber-Morgan Health Officer, Weber-Morgan Health Department, Public Health Order (Stay Safe, Stay Home), Weber-Morgan Health Department (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. UT-054)
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)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:761 (Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act; purposes) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-017)
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)
Kim Malsam-Rysdon, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Health, with the consent and authorization of Governor Kristi Noem, Order Declaring Public Health Emergency 2020-01 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-SD-004)
Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel, Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect; and Amending the March 23, 2020 Public Health Emergency Order Closing All Businesses and Non-Profit Entities Except for those Deemed Essential (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. NM-010)
Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. Jimenez, Public Health Emergency Order of November 13, 2020 (the two-week 'reset') (Nov. 13, 2020) (Ex. NM-039)
Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel, Public Health Emergency Order of April 30, 2020 amending the March 23, April 6 and April 11 closure orders (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. NM-012)
Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:769 (special powers during a state of public health emergency; control of property) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-008)
Acting Secretary of Health Billy J. Jimenez, Amended Public Health Emergency Order of November 18, 2020 (reset tightened; big-box retail closed; animal grooming barred) (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. NM-040)

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