{"id":"DUT-MI-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Michigan","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments)","authority":"Const. 1963, art. 4, sec. 51; Public Health Code Part 24","instrument":"MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detention","title":"Public Health Code sec. 2453: epidemic emergency orders of local health officers","dateIssued":"1978-09-30","effective":"1978-09-30","end":"standing","startDate":"1978-09-30","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","GATH","QUAR","SCH"],"addressees":["persons generally within the local health department\u0027s jurisdiction, including local governmental entities, businesses, schools and venues"],"clause":"if a local health officer determines that control of an epidemic is necessary to protect the public health, the local health officer by emergency order may... prohibit the gathering of people for any purpose and establish procedures to be followed by persons... during the epidemic to ensure continuation of essential public health services and enforcement of health laws.","enforcement":"MCL 333.2461 (local civil penalties up to $1,000 per violation or day, Ex. DUT-MI-008); MCL 333.2441-2442 misdemeanor for violating local health regulations; MCL 333.2261 where the officer enforces a department order","functions":[],"notes":"Gave every county and district health officer independent power to prohibit gatherings and to establish binding procedures during an epidemic, and (subsection (2)) to \u0027provide for the involuntary detention and treatment of individuals with hazardous communicable disease\u0027; it is the source of the county school isolation, quarantine and masking orders of August 6 to September 29, 2021 (Exs. MI-081 to MI-085) and of local orders throughout the period. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-333-2453","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":119614,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-MI","url":"/library/DUT-MI-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MI-005","citation":"Michigan Legislature (Public Health Code, 1978 PA 368, Part 24, Local Health Departments), MCL 333.2453, Epidemic; emergency order and procedures of local health officer; involuntary detention (standing) (Ex. DUT-MI-005)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["MI-081","MI-085","MI-086","DUT-MI-008"]}