{"id":"DUT-GA-018","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia\u0027s 159 county governments","authority":"Describes O.C.G.A. sections 38-3-51, 38-3-26 to 38-3-28, 38-3-54, 38-3-58 and Ga. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. r. 511-9-1-.02 to -.05 (secondary source)","instrument":"ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)","title":"State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17 (contemporaneous legal summary)","end":"","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["QUAR","CLOSE","TRAV","DUTY"],"addressees":["county governments (addressees); persons generally and owners or persons in control of premises (subjects of the powers described)"],"clause":"Social distancing is the limiting or preventing of the spread of a disease, such as COVID-19, through measures, such as exclusion policies, isolation, quarantine, curfew, partial or complete closures of private or public facilities, and restricting movement, including the closing of borders. Social distancing measures may be taken voluntarily or pursuant to an administrative or judicial order.","enforcement":"Not applicable (secondary description); the underlying penalties are sections 31-5-8 and 38-3-7 (Exs. DUT-GA-004, DUT-GA-006)","functions":[],"notes":"On March 17, 2020, three days into the Public Health State of Emergency, Georgia\u0027s county governments were advised in writing that the Department of Public Health and the Governor held statutory and regulatory power to impose social distancing by \u0027exclusion policies, isolation, quarantine, curfew, partial or complete closures of private or public facilities, and restricting movement,\u0027 to restrict travel into or within the State, to isolate and quarantine by administrative order \u0027effective upon issuance,\u0027 to \u0027Close, Evacuate or Decontaminate\u0027 any facility \u0027reasonably suspected to pose a danger to public health,\u0027 and to require vaccination, examination and treatment, with citations to Rule 511-9-1-.03 and section 38-3-51(i). Character as recorded: secondary_source (association summary of statutes).","sourceUrl":"https://www.accg.org/docs/2020_03_17_State%20Laws%20Impacting%20Counties%20during%20Public%20Health%20Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":186017,"grade":"secondary","character":"secondary_source","description":"","collection":"DUT-GA","url":"/library/DUT-GA-018","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-GA-018","citation":"Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia\u0027s 159 county governments, ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. DUT-GA-018)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["DUT-GA-005","DUT-GA-004","DUT-GA-006"]}