{"id":"DUT-DC-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Congress of the United States (Act of Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 601), as amended by the Council of the District of Columbia","authority":"Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act, 53 Stat. 1408, sec. 3, as amended by D.C. Law 6-83 and D.C. Law 14-194 sec. 902","instrument":"D.C. Official Code sec. 7-133","title":"Persons believed to be carriers of communicable diseases -- Order for removal","dateIssued":"1939-08-11","effective":"1939-08-11; in force throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1939-08-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; groups of persons at specified locations; owners or persons in control of premises within the bounds of a detention area"],"clause":"Whenever the Mayor... has probable cause to believe that a person is affected with a communicable disease or is a carrier of a communicable disease and that the person\u0027s presence in the general population is likely to cause death or seriously impair the health of others, the Mayor may, by written order, direct the removal of that person for the purpose of isolation, quarantine, or treatment.","enforcement":"Leaving detention without discharge (sec. 7-136) and interference (sec. 7-139) are punishable under sec. 7-140 by a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment not more than 90 days, or both (Ex. DUT-DC-008)","functions":[],"notes":"Authorizes written orders removing and detaining an individual for isolation, quarantine or treatment (subsection (a)), executed by the Metropolitan Police Department (subsection (b)), and, for \u0027one or more groups of people at one or more locations\u0027, an order directing \u0027the removal or detention of any such group\u0027 that \u0027shall state the bounds of the area subject to the order\u0027 (subsection (c)): the District\u0027s area-quarantine power. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-133","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":127445,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-DC","url":"/library/DUT-DC-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-DC-006","citation":"Congress of the United States (Act of Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 601), as amended by the Council of the District of Columbia, D.C. Official Code sec. 7-133 (standing) (Ex. DUT-DC-006)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["DUT-DC-001","DUT-DC-008","DUT-DC-005","DUT-DC-007"]}