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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. ME-005	Executive Order 16 FY 19/20 (Corrected)An Order Suspending Provisions of Certain Health Care Professional Licensing Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate the Treatment and…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-065	Order No. 2020-11, Order Addressing DisruptionsOrder Addressing Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (temporary licensing exemption for displaced professionals; filing and delivery…	Judith M. Shaw, Securities Administrator	Maine; Office of Securities, Department of Professional and Financial Regulation (State securities regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Telework mandateOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-007	Executive Order 19 FY 19/20An Order Regarding Essential Businesses and Operations	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ME-009	FAQs: Business Closures, Executive Order Number 19 (V2)Governor's Executive Order Number 19 Issued March 24, 2020 FAQs	Office of the Governor / DECD	MaineSector regulator	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandate	Primary source read
Ex. ME-014	Executive Order 35 FY 19/20An Order Suspending Enforcement of Provisions of Certain Licensing Statutes and Rules in Order to Facilitate Health Care and Veterinary Care…	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. ME-015	Executive Order 19-A FY 19/20An Order Extending the Effective Date of Executive Order 19 FY 19/20	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	Apr. 7, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureTelework mandate	Primary source read
Ex. ME-023	COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Providers (updated May 12, 2020)COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Providers	Maine Department of Health and Human Services	MaineSector regulator	May 12, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. ME-025	Executive Order 55 FY 19/20An Order to Further Implement the Restarting Plan	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-016	Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E)An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers	130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signature	MaineState	Mar. 25, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-060	Executive Order 40 FY 20/21An Order Providing an Orderly Transition Following the Termination of the State of Civil Emergency	Governor Janet T. Mills	MaineState	June 30, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. ME-061	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers, emergency routine technical rule, filing 2021-166Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency rule adding COVID-19)	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention	MaineSector regulator	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-097	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency rule adopted Aug. 12, 2021)Emergency Rule: Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (adding COVID-19)	Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Maine CDC	MaineState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-03-074	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency routine technical rule)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 added; Dental Health Practices covered)	Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention	MaineState	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-066	10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (COVID-19 emergency rule)	Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description)	Maine (rule); United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (opinion)Court	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ME-062	Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021)Opinion affirming denial of preliminary injunction against Maine's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for health-care workers	Lynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.)	United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Maine)Court	Oct. 19, 2021		Health care ordersVaccination or testing	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)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 16 FY 19/20 (Corrected) (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. ME-005)
Judith M. Shaw, Securities Administrator, Order No. 2020-11, Order Addressing Disruptions (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-065)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 19 FY 19/20 (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. ME-007)
Office of the Governor / DECD, FAQs: Business Closures, Executive Order Number 19 (V2) (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. ME-009)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 35 FY 19/20 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. ME-014)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 19-A FY 19/20 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. ME-015)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, COVID-19 Guidance for Health Care Providers (updated May 12, 2020) (Ex. ME-023)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 55 FY 19/20 (May 29, 2020) (Ex. ME-025)
130th Maine Legislature (L.D. 1, S.P. 29); became law without the Governor's signature, Public Law 2021, chapter 28 (L.D. 1), An Act To Establish the COVID-19 Patient Bill of Rights and To Amend the Governor's Emergency Powers, Part C, enacting 37-B M.R.S. sec. 742(1)(E) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-016)
Governor Janet T. Mills, Executive Order 40 FY 20/21 (June 30, 2021) (Ex. ME-060)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers, emergency routine technical rule, filing 2021-166 (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. ME-061)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Maine CDC, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency rule adopted Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-097)
Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency routine technical rule) (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-03-074)
Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services (emergency rule); First Circuit (description), 10-144 C.M.R. ch. 264 (emergency rule of Aug. 12, 2021), as described in Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-066)
Lynch, Circuit Judge, for the court (Howard, C.J., Lynch and Barron, JJ.), Does 1-6 v. Mills, No. 21-1826, 16 F.4th 20 (1st Cir. Oct. 19, 2021) (Ex. ME-062)

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