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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. OH-002	Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of OhioIn Re: Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 12, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
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 AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of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. MET-CLE-046	Executive Order No. EO2020-0003Declaration and Order Regarding Mass Gatherings for Cuyahoga County	County Executive Armond Budish	Cuyahoga County, OhioCounty	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. OH-003	Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of OhioIn Re: Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. OH-006	Amended Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of OhioIn Re: Amended Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureGathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. OH-065	Executive Order 2020-04D; Ohio Adm. Code 5101:2-12-02.1 (emergency)Establishing a Temporary Pandemic Child Care License and Emergency Adoption of Rule 5101:2-12-02.1 of the Ohio Administrative Code by the…	Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-04D) and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services	OhioState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitSchools and child care	Primary source read
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. OH-011	Ohio Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) secs. 12(k), 15Director's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. OH-066	Executive Order 2020-07D; Ohio Adm. Code 5101:2-12-02.1, 5101:2-13-02.1, 5101:2-14-02.1 (emergency)The Emergency Adoption of Rules 5101:2-12-02.1, 5101:2-13-02.1 and 5101:2-14-02.1 of the Ohio Administrative Code by the Ohio Department of…	Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-07D) and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services	OhioState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-125	Director's Order to close all child care facilities except Temporary Pandemic Child Care (Mar. 24, 2020)Closure of facilities providing child care services, with Temporary Pandemic Child Care exception	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)	OhioState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-010	Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Child Care Services (except Temporary Pandemic Child Care licensees)Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Child Care Services	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureSchools and child care	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. OH-054	Amended Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (March 30, 2020)Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-122	Second Amended Order the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 2020)Closure of K-12 schools (second amended order, extending the Mar. 14, 2020 closure to May 1, 2020)	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)	OhioState	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. OH-014	Amended Director's Stay At Home OrderAmended Director's Order that All Persons Stay at Home Unless Engaged in Essential Work or Activity	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. OH-018	Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of OhioIn Re: Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	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. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074	Ohio Expositions Commission announcement, 'The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled' (fair dates July 29 - Aug. 9, 2020)The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled	Ohio Expositions Commission	Ohio Expositions Commission (State agency, Ohio Rev. Code ch. 991)State	May 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. OH-080	Third Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of OhioIn Re: Third Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 27, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Schools and child care	Primary source read
Ex. OH-025	Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social DistancingDirector's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Telework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-123	Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with ExceptionsDirector's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions (rescinding the March 24, 2020 closure order…	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton, MD, MPH)	OhioState	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. OH-024	Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with ExceptionsDirector's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions	Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	May 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Capacity limitSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-15-071	Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions (rescinding the Director's Order of March 24, 2020 that closed facilities providing child care services)Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions	Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Ohio Department of Health	OhioSector regulator	May 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. ECO-B-119	Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020)Closure of all K-12 schools through the end of the 2019-2020 school year (third amendment)	Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton)	OhioState	May 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-15-077	Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (following the Director's Orders of March 14 and March 30, 2020)Director's Order: Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio	Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Ohio Department of Health	OhioSector regulator	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Schools and child care	Primary source read

Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings in the State of Ohio (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. OH-002)
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)
County Executive Armond Budish, Executive Order No. EO2020-0003 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-CLE-046)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. OH-003)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Order to Limit and/or Prohibit Mass Gatherings and the Closure of Venues in the State of Ohio (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OH-006)
Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-04D) and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Executive Order 2020-04D; Ohio Adm. Code 5101:2-12-02.1 (emergency) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. OH-065)
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)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Director's Stay at Home Order (Mar. 22, 2020) secs. 12(k), 15 (Ex. OH-011)
Governor Mike DeWine (Executive Order 2020-07D) and Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Executive Order 2020-07D; Ohio Adm. Code 5101:2-12-02.1, 5101:2-13-02.1, 5101:2-14-02.1 (emergency) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. OH-066)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Director's Order to close all child care facilities except Temporary Pandemic Child Care (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-125)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order to Close Facilities Providing Child Care Services (except Temporary Pandemic Child Care licensees) (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. OH-010)
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)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (March 30, 2020) (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-054)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Second Amended Order the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-122)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Amended Director's Stay At Home Order (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. OH-014)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. OH-018)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Stay Safe Ohio Order (Apr. 30, 2020) (Ex. OH-019)
Ohio Expositions Commission, Ohio Expositions Commission announcement, 'The 2020 Ohio State Fair has been canceled' (fair dates July 29 - Aug. 9, 2020) (May 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-074)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Third Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 27, 2020) (Ex. OH-080)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Updated and Revised Order for Business Guidance and Social Distancing (May 29, 2020) (Ex. OH-025)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton, MD, MPH), Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions (May 29, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-123)
Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions (May 29, 2020) (Ex. OH-024)
Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Ohio Department of Health, Director's Order that Reopens Facilities Providing Child Care Services, with Exceptions (rescinding the Director's Order of March 24, 2020 that closed facilities providing child care services) (May 31, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-071)
Ohio Department of Health (Director Amy Acton), Third Amended Director's Order for the Closure of K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (May 2020) (May 20, 2020) (Ex. ECO-B-119)
Director of Health Amy Acton, M.D., M.P.H., Ohio Department of Health, Second Amended Order the Closure of All K-12 Schools in the State of Ohio (following the Director's Orders of March 14 and March 30, 2020) (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-15-077)

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