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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016Order 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 HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateDec. 30, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00122 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)MaineStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-00922 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)MaineStateJan. 5, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-002Enforcement 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, HHSUnited States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederalApr. 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-007N.Y. Public Health Law § 2100 (communicable diseases; local boards of health and health officers; powers and duties)Communicable diseases; local boards of health and health officers; powers and dutiesNew York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 21, title 1); powers exercised by local boards of health and health officersNew YorkState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NM-004NMSA 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 MexicoStateMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chainStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-CA-004Statute: 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)CaliforniaStateJan. 1, 20082020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LA-023Health Officer Order: Health Care Worker Vaccination Requirement (Issue Date Aug. 12, 2021; effective 11:59 p.m. Aug. 12, 2021; compliance required by Sept. 30, 2021)Health Care Worker Vaccination Requirement: Mandating Employers of Health Care and Home Care Workers Who Work in or Routinely Visit…County of Los Angeles Health OfficerLos Angeles County Public Health JurisdictionCountyAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. NM-007Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Mar. 24, 2020)Public Health Emergency Order Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries; Providing…Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Business closureHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-KS-009K.S.A. 65-201, County boards of health; local health officers; review, amendment or revocation of local health officer orders; approval by board of county commissioners; civil action (text from March 25, 2021)65-201. County, city-county and multicounty units; local health officers; appointment, tenure, removal; laws applicable; review, amendment…Kansas Legislature (K.S.A., Revisor of Statutes)KansasStateJune 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-IN-004Ind. 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 powersIndiana General Assembly (Indiana Code 2021 edition)IndianaStateJuly 1, 20212020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-LA-005Louisiana Administrative Code, Title 51 (Public Health - Sanitary Code), Part II (The Control of Diseases), section 117 (Disease Control Measures Including Isolation/Quarantine); with Part I, section 115 (Emergency Situations) and section 117 (Employee Health)Sanitary Code disease-control rule: the state health officer's duty to institute control measures whenever a case of communicable disease…Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health (state health officer), by rule; codified by the Division of Administration, Office of the State RegisterLouisianaState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-122Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-5 (Extending Certain Licenses)Licenses granted under the Apr. 3, 2020 Order Maximizing Health Care Provider Availability remain valid until Dec. 31, 2021 notwithstanding…Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)StateAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-WI-009Wis. 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)WisconsinState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-083State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021, Health Care Worker Vaccine RequirementHealth Care Worker Vaccine Requirement: workers in hospitals, skilled nursing, intermediate care, ambulatory surgery, dialysis, hospice and…State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon, M.D., Dr.P.H.), California Department of Public HealthCaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-126Public Health Emergency Order (Mar. 27, 2020) prohibiting non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeries (following the Mar. 24, 2020 order)Public Health Order: non-essential health care services, procedures and surgeries prohibitedSecretary of Health Kathyleen Kunkel (Department of Health)New MexicoStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-03-079216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment)COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health care workers and health care providers including dentistsRhode Island Department of HealthRhode IslandStateAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. CA-030State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine RequirementState Public Health Officer Tomas J. AragonCaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-118Order of the Commissioner of Public Health, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order No. 2021-6Emergency licensure: health care professionals licensed in good standing in another State to be issued corresponding Massachusetts licenses…Margret R. Cooke, Acting Commissioner of Public HealthMassachusetts - Department of Public Health (State health department)StateAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-NY-008N.Y. Public Health Law § 1303 (nuisances; local boards of health; general powers and duties)Nuisances; local boards of health; general powers and dutiesNew York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 13, title 1); powers exercised by local boards of health and health officersNew YorkState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-058State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine RequirementState Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPHCaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-VT-00118 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders)Health ordersVermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health)VermontState2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-LA-066Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Licensed Congregate Health Care Facilities (Apr. 24, 2020)Order of the Health Officer for Control of COVID-19: Prevention of COVID-19 Transmission in Licensed Congregate Health Care FacilitiesCounty of Los Angeles Health OfficerLos Angeles County Public Health JurisdictionCountyApr. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. NM-013Public Health Emergency Order Modifying Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and Surgeries (Apr. 30, 2020)Public Health Emergency Order Modifying Temporary Restrictions on Non-Essential Health Care Services, Procedures, and SurgeriesSecretary of Health Kathyleen M. KunkelNew MexicoStateApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-046USHE 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 EducationUtah 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 levelStateNov. 9, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read