{"id":"DUT-NM-002","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":"Public Health Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 24-1-1 to 24-1-40","instrument":"NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-15 (Isolation; quarantine; protocol)","title":"Public Health Act: isolation and quarantine by public health order; prohibition on entering an area of isolation or quarantine","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020-2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers whose employees were isolated or quarantined"],"clause":"The secretary... may, by public health order, temporarily isolate or quarantine a person or group of persons if delay in isolating or quarantining would significantly jeopardize the secretary\u0027s ability to prevent or limit the transmission to others of a threatening communicable disease.... A person shall not enter an area of isolation or quarantine except as authorized by the department.","enforcement":"NMSA 1978, § 24-1-21 (petty misdemeanor; civil enforcement); court-ordered isolation or quarantine under § 24-1-15(A)-(J)","functions":[],"notes":"Authorized the Secretary of Health to isolate or quarantine persons or groups by public health order (with court continuation) and forbade any person to enter an area of isolation or quarantine except as the department authorized; the statutory footing of the traveler-quarantine executive orders (Exs. NM-024, NM-031, NM-034, NM-037). 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-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NM-002","citation":"Legislature of New Mexico (Public Health Act, administered by the Department of Health), NMSA 1978, Section 24-1-15 (Isolation; quarantine; protocol) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NM-002)","stateName":"New Mexico","related":["NM-024","NM-031","NM-034","NM-037","DUT-NM-001"]}