{"id":"DUT-NM-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Mexico","state":"NM","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Act, administered by the Department of Health)","authority":"Police power; Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 24-1-1 to 24-1-40","instrument":"NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-3 (Powers and authority of department)","title":"Public Health Act: powers of the Department of Health to control and abate epidemics, to establish, maintain and enforce isolation and quarantine, and to close any public place and forbid gatherings","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","GATH","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; every public place"],"clause":"The department has authority to:... C. investigate, control and abate the causes of disease, especially epidemics, sources of mortality and other conditions of public health; D. establish, maintain and enforce isolation and quarantine; E. close any public place and forbid gatherings of people when necessary for the protection of the public health.","enforcement":"NMSA 1978, § 24-1-21: petty misdemeanor (fine up to $100 or up to six months, or both); civil enforcement (Ex. DUT-NM-003)","functions":[],"notes":"Vested the Department of Health with standing authority to close any public place, forbid gatherings and impose isolation and quarantine whenever necessary for the protection of the public health, and to enforce its orders in court (subsection M), the statutory footing of every closure, capacity and gathering order of 2020-2021. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa/en/4384/1/document.do","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2840539,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-NM","url":"/library/DUT-NM-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NM-001","citation":"Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Act, administered by the Department of Health), NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-3 (Powers and authority of department) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-001)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["DUT-NM-013","DUT-NM-003","DUT-NM-002"]}