{"id":"DUT-NC-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of North Carolina","authority":"N.C. Const. art. II; police power; G.S. ch. 130A (Public Health)","instrument":"N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 6 (Communicable Diseases), Part 1, secs. 130A-133 to 130A-148, including sec. 130A-144 (Investigation and control measures) and sec. 130A-145 (Quarantine and isolation authority)","title":"Communicable Diseases: reporting, investigation, control measures, quarantine and isolation authority","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMP"],"addressees":["persons generally (individuals and entities); physicians, medical facilities and laboratories (sec. 130A-144(b)); persons in control of quarantine or isolation premises (sec. 130A-145(b))"],"clause":"(f) All persons shall comply with control measures, including submission to examinations and tests, prescribed by the Commission subject to the limitations of G.S. 130A-148. (g) The Commission shall adopt rules that prescribe control measures for communicable diseases and conditions subject to the limitations of G.S. 130A-148.","enforcement":"Misdemeanor under G.S. 130A-25(a); violation of sec. 130A-144(f) or sec. 130A-145 carries a special sentence of imprisonment of up to two years under G.S. 130A-25(b); injunction under G.S. 130A-18 (Ex. DUT-NC-002)","functions":[],"notes":"Every person (including every corporation, company, association and partnership, G.S. 130A-2(7)) must comply with the control measures the Commission for Public Health prescribes for a communicable disease, the local health director must investigate reported cases and ensure control measures are given (secs. 130A-144(a), (e)), and the State Health Director and local health directors may isolate infected and quarantine exposed persons and limit access to contaminated premises (sec. 130A-145 with the definitions in sec. 130A-2(3a), (7a)).","sourceUrl":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_130A/Article_6.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":365097,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NC","url":"/library/DUT-NC-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NC-001","citation":"General Assembly of North Carolina, N.C. Gen. Stat. ch. 130A, Article 6 (Communicable Diseases), Part 1, secs. 130A-133 to 130A-148, including sec. 130A-144 (Investigation and control measures) and sec. 130A-145 (Quarantine and isolation authority) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NC-001)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["DUT-NC-002"]}