{"id":"DUT-MA-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Public Health)","authority":"Massachusetts General Laws, Part I, Title XVI, Chapter 111 (Public Health)","instrument":"G.L. c. 111, s. 6","title":"Power to define diseases deemed dangerous to public health; control and prevention","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; health care providers"],"clause":"The department shall have the power to define, and shall from time to time define, what diseases shall be deemed to be dangerous to the public health, and shall make such rules and regulations consistent with law for the control and prevention of such diseases as it deems advisable for the protection of the public health.","enforcement":"Through the regulations made under it (105 CMR 300.000) and G.L. c. 111 enforcement provisions","functions":[],"notes":"The Department defines the diseases dangerous to the public health and makes the binding control-and-prevention regulations for them; 105 CMR 300.000 (reportable diseases, surveillance, isolation and quarantine) is the regulation made under this power, and COVID-19 is on its list (DUT-MA-011).","sourceUrl":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section6","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":48478,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-002","citation":"General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Public Health), G.L. c. 111, s. 6 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-002)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-011","DUT-MA-020"]}