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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016	Order 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 Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Dec. 30, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chain	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-NY-005	N.Y. Public Health Law § 225 (Public Health and Health Planning Council; State Sanitary Code)Public health and health planning council; sanitary code	New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 2, title 2); Public Health and Health Planning Council with the Commissioner's approval	New YorkState		2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyFace-covering requirementVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. MET-LA-023	Health 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 Officer	Los Angeles County Public Health JurisdictionCounty	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	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. ECO-B-083	State 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 Health	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-03-079	216-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 dentists	Rhode Island Department of Health	Rhode IslandState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. CA-030	State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement	State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029	State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten)Statewide requirement that all individuals aged two and older wear masks when indoors at public and private K-12 schools	M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner	Virginia State Health Commissioner (acting for the State Board of Health); State level; addressed to all public and private K-12 schoolsState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-053	Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for public schools, charter schools and public colleges…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)County	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-058	State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement	State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH	CaliforniaState	Aug. 5, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. NM-070	Public Health Emergency Order of September 15, 2021 (indoor mask mandate extended)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	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. ECO-B-113	216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency rule, Aug. 2021)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers	Rhode Island Department of Health	Rhode IslandState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-054	Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 24, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for schools and colleges issued August 23, 2021…	Travis County Commissioners Court	Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)County	Aug. 24, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child care	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. NM-060	Public Health Emergency Order of June 30, 2021 (county framework and capacity limits ended; masks for the unvaccinated; CSPs mandatory)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D.	New MexicoState	June 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NM-071	Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated (Sept. 15, 2021)Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	Sept. 15, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. CA-031	State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings	State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon	CaliforniaState	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	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-LA-052	Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings and Select Sector Guidances and Public Health Protocols (Issued June 14, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2021)Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings and Select Sector Guidances and Public…	Pasadena Health Officer	City of PasadenaCity	June 14, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-073	Health Advisory (schools) replacing the Health Directive of August 10, 2021Bexar County Health Authority Health Advisory, October 1, 2021	C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority	Bexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)County	Oct. 1, 2021		Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. NM-062	Public Health Emergency Order of July 30, 2021Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	July 30, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NM-067	Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (indoor mask mandate reinstated for all persons)Public Health Emergency Order Clarifying that Current Guidance Documents, Advisories, and Emergency Public Health Orders Remain in Effect…	Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D.	New MexicoState	Aug. 17, 2021	2021 Q3	Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care Personnel (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016)
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)
New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 2, title 2); Public Health and Health Planning Council with the Commissioner's approval, N.Y. Public Health Law § 225 (Public Health and Health Planning Council; State Sanitary Code) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-005)
County of Los Angeles Health Officer, Health 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) (Ex. MET-LA-023)
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)
State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon, M.D., Dr.P.H.), California Department of Public Health, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021, Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-083)
Rhode Island Department of Health, 216-RICR-20-15-8, Immunization, Testing, and Health Screening for Health Care Workers (emergency amendment) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-079)
State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. CA-030)
M. Norman Oliver, M.D., M.A., State Health Commissioner, State Health Commissioner Order of Public Health Emergency, Statewide Requirement To Wear Masks In K-12 Schools (Order of Public Health Emergency Ten) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-029)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-053)
State Public Health Officer (Tomas J. Aragon), CDPH, State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Health Care Worker Vaccine Requirement) (Aug. 5, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-058)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of September 15, 2021 (indoor mask mandate extended) (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. NM-070)
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)
Rhode Island Department of Health, 216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency rule, Aug. 2021) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. ECO-B-113)
Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 24, 2021) (Aug. 24, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-054)
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)
Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of June 30, 2021 (county framework and capacity limits ended; masks for the unvaccinated; CSPs mandatory) (Ex. NM-060)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Amended Public Health Emergency Order Requiring All School Workers Comply with Certain Health Requirements and Requiring Congregate Care Facility Workers, Hospital Workers, and Employees of the Office of the Governor Be Fully Vaccinated (Sept. 15, 2021) (Ex. NM-071)
State Public Health Officer Tomas J. Aragon, State Public Health Officer Order of July 26, 2021 (Health Care Worker Protections in High-Risk Settings; Unvaccinated Workers in High-Risk Settings) (Ex. CA-031)
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)
Pasadena Health Officer, Order to Comply with California Department of Public Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings and Select Sector Guidances and Public Health Protocols (Issued June 14, 2021; effective 12:01 a.m. June 15, 2021) (Ex. MET-LA-052)
C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health Authority, Health Advisory (schools) replacing the Health Directive of August 10, 2021 (Oct. 1, 2021) (Ex. MET-SAT-073)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of July 30, 2021 (Ex. NM-062)
Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D, Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (indoor mask mandate reinstated for all persons) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. NM-067)

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