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Ex. DUT-PA-007Statute (Act of Apr. 27, 1905, P.L. 312, No. 218, creating the Department of Health)Department of Health Act of 1905, sections 8, 9 and 16 (duty to prevent and suppress disease; nuisance abatement and quarantine enforcement…General Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateApr. 27, 19052020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-002Statute (Act of Apr. 9, 1929, P.L. 177, No. 175, sec. 2102)The Administrative Code of 1929, section 2102, General Health Administration (powers and duties of the Department of Health)General Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateApr. 9, 19292020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-019Statute (Act of Apr. 9, 1929, P.L. 177, No. 175, sec. 2106)The Administrative Code of 1929, section 2106, Quarantines (powers and duties of the Department of Health)General Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateApr. 9, 19292020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-006Statute (Act of May 18, 1937, P.L. 654, No. 174)General Safety LawGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateMay 18, 19372020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-001Statute (Act of Apr. 23, 1956 (1955), P.L. 1510, No. 500)Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955General Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateApr. 23, 19562020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-005Regulation (28 Pa. Code ch. 27, subch. C, sec. 27.60)28 Pa. Code sec. 27.60, Disease control measuresPennsylvania Department of Health (regulation adopted with the Advisory Health Board)PennsylvaniaStateJan. 25, 20022020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-013Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A)3 Pa.C.S. sec. 5708, Infectious personsGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateNov. 23, 20102020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-PA-016Statute (Retail Food Facility Safety Act, 3 Pa.C.S. ch. 57, subch. A)3 Pa.C.S. sec. 5710, Retail food facility and employee cleanlinessGeneral Assembly of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaStateNov. 23, 20102020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-013PA DOC COVID-19 page (as archived Mar. 21, 2020), with the Mar. 13, 2020 release 'Department of Corrections Cancels Visits Statewide, Begins Enhanced Screenings of ALL Employees'All visitation suspended effective Mar. 13, 2020; enhanced screening of every person entering a facility; inmates with flu-like symptoms…Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Secretary John E. Wetzel)Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; State levelStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-051Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission suspension of cash toll collection statewide effective 8 p.m., Mar. 16, 2020 (temporary safety measure; converted to permanent all-electronic tolling in June 2020)PA Turnpike Temporarily Will Not Accept Cash To Safeguard Employee and Traveler HealthPennsylvania Turnpike CommissionPennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Commonwealth instrumentality; 552-mile toll system)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-002Emergency Order No. 1 (Prohibition on Non-Essential Businesses)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses to Prevent the Spread of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPHCity of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-043Township office closed to the public (Mar. 16, 2020); public access to the Township Municipal Building by appointment only from Nov. 16, 2020 (memorandum of Nov. 20, 2020); Township rule requiring all employees to wear face masks in all Township facilities (posted 2021, captured Sept. 20, 2021)Haverford Township building-access and employee mask rules, 2020-2021Township of Haverford (Township Manager David R. Burman; Board of Commissioners)Township of Haverford (Havertown), Delaware County, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PHL-066Release: Freeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden CountyFreeholder Board Declares State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 16, 2020)Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)Camden County, New JerseyCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-079Proclamation of Local EmergencyCounty of Camden, State of New Jersey, Proclamation of Local EmergencyLouis Cappelli, Jr., Freeholder Director, and Samuel M. Spino, Emergency Management Coordinator, County of CamdenCamden County, New JerseyCountyMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationTelework mandateQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-067Amended and reissued state of emergency declaration (playgrounds; self-service food and beverage)Freeholders Amend State of Emergency Declaration (Mar. 18, 2020)Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli, Jr.)Camden County, New JerseyCountyMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-076PhilaPort COVID-19 Updates (page first published Mar. 25, 2020; updates through June 2, 2021)COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update: Updates on COVID-19 relating to the Port of PhiladelphiaPhilaPortPhilaPort (Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)StateMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureTelework mandateWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-002Order of the Governor Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020), sec. 1 and sec. 2Closure of all businesses that are not life sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020; list amended Mar. 20, 24, Apr. 20, May 19, 2020)Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel LevinePennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandatePrimary source read
Ex. PA-003Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life SustainingOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life SustainingSecretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureTelework mandateAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-003Emergency Order No. 2 (Business Activity and Stay at Home Order)Emergency Order Temporarily Prohibiting Operation of Non-Essential Businesses and Congregation of Persons to Prevent the Spread of 2019…Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted by the Board of Health as an emergency regulation Mar. 26, 2020 (effective Mar. 27, 2020)City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCityMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-070Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentOrder Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (EEI survey in KC-HIMS three times a day)Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-01-139Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEC-01-094) and Aug. 13, 2021 (effective Aug. 18, 2021)Pennsylvania hospital daily reporting order and its Aug. 13, 2021 amendmentSecretary / Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-094Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Waives Certain Requirements for Cosmetologists and Barbers During COVID-19 EmergencyRegulation Waiver - Barbers and Cosmetologists (Mar. 26, 2020)Department of State, BPOA / State Board of Cosmetology and State Board of Barber Examiners (suspension granted by Governor Wolf)PennsylvaniaSector regulatorMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-068Extension of the state of emergency (county offices closed indefinitely)Freeholder Board Extends State of Emergency in Camden County (Mar. 28, 2020)Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders (Freeholder Jonathan Young)Camden County, New JerseyCountyMar. 28, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-018Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentAmended Order Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (facilities…Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateApr. 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. PA-007Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Building Safety MeasuresOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Building Safety MeasuresSecretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateApr. 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Workplace rulesPrimary source read