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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-OH-007	Statute (version effective January 1, 1974, Am. Sub. H.B. 511, 109th G.A.; in force through April 5, 2023)Exposing others to contagion	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701)	OhioState	Jan. 1, 1974	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-006	Statute (version effective February 12, 2004, Am. Sub. H.B. 6, 125th G.A.)Enforcement of rules and regulations	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701)	OhioState	Feb. 12, 2004	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-004	Statute (effective September 10, 2012, Am. Sub. H.B. 487, 129th G.A.)Prohibition against violating pandemic, epidemic or bioterrorism rule or order	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701)	OhioState	Sept. 10, 2012	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-009	Statute (version effective May 28, 2013, S.B. 26, 130th G.A.)Prohibition against violation of orders or regulations of board	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3707)	Ohio (boards of health of city and general health districts)State	May 28, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-OH-001	Statute (version effective September 29, 2013, Am. Sub. H.B. 59, 130th G.A.; the version in force when every Director's Order in States/OH was issued)Department of health - powers	General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Title 37, Chapter 3701, Department of Health)	OhioState	Sept. 29, 2013	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-074	Bulletin 2020-02Access to Coverage for Ohioans Impacted by the COVID-19 Virus	Jillian Froment, Director and Superintendent of Insurance	Ohio; Department of Insurance (State insurance regulator)Sector regulator	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-009	Joint Directors' Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar FacilitiesIn Re: Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director of Health, and Deborah Ashenhurst, Director of Veterans Services (Joint Directors' Order)	OhioState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-062	Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021)Residential care facility access orders (chain)	Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Oct. 6, 2025		Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-056	Important COVID-19 Message for Dentists (Board notice)Important COVID-19 Message for Dentists	Ohio State Dental Board	OhioSector regulator	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CLE-047	Executive Order No. EO2020-0004Declaration and Order Regarding Travel During the Pendency of a State of Emergency for Cuyahoga County	County Executive Armond Budish	Cuyahoga County, OhioCounty	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. OH-007	Director's Order for the Management of Non-essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioDirector's Order for the Management of Non-essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-077	Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioDirector's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio	Director of Health Amy Acton (Ohio Department of Health)	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-02-036	Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout OhioNon-essential surgery order	Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-106	Bulletin 2020-04Temporary Suspension of Pharmacy Audits During Declared State of Emergency	Jillian Froment, Superintendent of Insurance	Ohio; Department of InsuranceSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-107	Bulletin 2020-05COVID-19 Testing and Treatment: Out-of-Network Coverage	Jillian Froment, Superintendent of Insurance	Ohio; Department of InsuranceSector regulator	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-053	Director's Orders of March 21, 2020 closing older adult day care services and senior centers, prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings, and closing family entertainment centers and internet cafesDirector's Orders of March 21, 2020 (three orders)	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-24-009	Governor's COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020 (announcing the Director's Orders closing older adult day care services and senior centers and prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings)COVID-19 Update: March 21, 2020	Governor Mike DeWine (COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020, announcing the Director of Health's orders)	OhioState	Mar. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-063	Port of Cleveland notice, Mar. 27, 2020: precautions for the 2020 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season (opening Apr. 1; first vessel about the second week of April); vessel representatives required to report sick or deceased crew within 15 days to CDC under 42 C.F.R. 71.21; Coast Guard notice-of-arrival review; vessel masters to inform boarding teams of ill crew; stakeholders to review vessel quarantine and security segregation proceduresPreventative Precautions for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) at the Port of Cleveland	Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (Port of Cleveland)	Ohio (Port of Cleveland; Cuyahoga County)Sector regulator	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-003	Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19In re: Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19	Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell)	Hamilton County, OhioCourt	Apr. 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Courts and public officesWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-046	Joint Emergency Order 9. Self-Isolation Order - Individuals with COVID-19 (Apr. 14, 2020; amended Apr. 28, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000559)Joint Emergency Order 9. Self-Isolation Order - Individuals with COVID-19	Mayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of Health	City of Cincinnati, OhioCity	Apr. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Quarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. OH-017	Director's Order to Facilities to Notify Residents, Guardians and Sponsor of Positive or Probable Cases of COVID-19Director's Order to Facilities to Notify Residents, Guardians and Sponsor of Positive or Probable Cases of COVID-19	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-019	Director's Stay Safe Ohio OrderDirector's Order that Reopens Businesses, with Exceptions, and Continues a Stay Healthy and Safe at Home Order	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-CIN-030	Emergency Ordinance No. 0141-2020 (COVID-19 Job Protections)Establishing that employers may not retaliate against covered employees for obeying appropriate orders or instructions to stay at home as a…	Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance; Mayor Cranley, City Solicitor Boggs Muething)	City of Cincinnati, OhioCity	May 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. OH-079	Director's Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing HomesDirector's Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read

General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701), Statute (version effective January 1, 1974, Am. Sub. H.B. 511, 109th G.A.; in force through April 5, 2023) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-007)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701), Statute (version effective February 12, 2004, Am. Sub. H.B. 6, 125th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-006)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701), Statute (effective September 10, 2012, Am. Sub. H.B. 487, 129th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-004)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3707), Statute (version effective May 28, 2013, S.B. 26, 130th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-009)
General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Title 37, Chapter 3701, Department of Health), Statute (version effective September 29, 2013, Am. Sub. H.B. 59, 130th G.A.; the version in force when every Director's Order in States/OH was issued) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-001)
Jillian Froment, Director and Superintendent of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-02 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-074)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director of Health, and Deborah Ashenhurst, Director of Veterans Services (Joint Directors' Order), Joint Directors' Order to Limit Access to Ohio's Nursing Homes and Similar Facilities (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. OH-009)
Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. OH-062)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
Ohio State Dental Board, Important COVID-19 Message for Dentists (Board notice) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. OH-056)
County Executive Armond Budish, Executive Order No. EO2020-0004 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-047)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for the Management of Non-essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OH-007)
Director of Health Amy Acton (Ohio Department of Health), Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-077)
Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for the Management of Non-Essential Surgeries and Procedures throughout Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-036)
Jillian Froment, Superintendent of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-04 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-106)
Jillian Froment, Superintendent of Insurance, Bulletin 2020-05 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-107)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders of March 21, 2020 closing older adult day care services and senior centers, prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings, and closing family entertainment centers and internet cafes (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. OH-053)
Governor Mike DeWine (COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020, announcing the Director of Health's orders), Governor's COVID-19 Update of March 21, 2020 (announcing the Director's Orders closing older adult day care services and senior centers and prohibiting adult day support and vocational habilitation services in congregate settings) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. SEC-24-009)
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (Port of Cleveland), Port of Cleveland notice, Mar. 27, 2020: precautions for the 2020 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season (opening Apr. 1; first vessel about the second week of April); vessel representatives required to report sick or deceased crew within 15 days to CDC under 42 C.F.R. 71.21; Coast Guard notice-of-arrival review; vessel masters to inform boarding teams of ill crew; stakeholders to review vessel quarantine and security segregation procedures (Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-063)
Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, General Division, and Hamilton County Municipal Court (Judges Kubicki and Russell), Joint Administrative Order re Courthouse Access Screening Under Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-003)
Mayor John Cranley jointly with the Cincinnati Board of Health, Joint Emergency Order 9. Self-Isolation Order - Individuals with COVID-19 (Apr. 14, 2020; amended Apr. 28, 2020) (Clerk of Council docket record, matter 202000559) (Ex. MET-CIN-046)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order to Facilities to Notify Residents, Guardians and Sponsor of Positive or Probable Cases of COVID-19 (Apr. 15, 2020) (Ex. OH-017)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-019)
Cincinnati City Council (Emergency Ordinance; Mayor Cranley, City Solicitor Boggs Muething), Emergency Ordinance No. 0141-2020 (COVID-19 Job Protections) (May 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-CIN-030)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes (May 27, 2020) (Ex. OH-079)

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