{"id":"DUT-OH-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Title 37, Chapter 3701, Department of Health)","authority":"Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 1 (legislative power); the police power of the State","instrument":"Statute (version effective September 29, 2013, Am. Sub. H.B. 59, 130th G.A.; the version in force when every Director\u0027s Order in States/OH was issued)","title":"Department of health - powers","dateIssued":"2013-09-29","effective":"in force September 29, 2013 through June 22, 2021 (the whole of 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q2 less the last eight days)","end":"standing (this version superseded June 23, 2021 by the Sub. S.B. 22 version, Ex. DUT-OH-002)","startDate":"2013-09-29","endDate":"2021-06-23","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["DUTY","EMER","QUAR","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["the Department of Health and its Director; through the orders issued under it, persons generally, all businesses and operations, and owners or persons in control of premises"],"clause":"The department of health shall have supervision of all matters relating to the preservation of the life and health of the people and have ultimate authority in matters of quarantine and isolation, which it may declare and enforce... The department may make special or standing orders or rules... for preventing the spread of contagious or infectious diseases","enforcement":"Violation of any rule or order issued under this chapter to prevent a pandemic threat is a misdemeanor of the second degree (R.C. 3701.352, 3701.99(C), Exs. DUT-OH-004, DUT-OH-005); enforcement by boards of health, police officers, sheriffs and constables (R.C. 3701.56, Ex. DUT-OH-006)","functions":[],"notes":"Vested the Department of Health with \u0027ultimate authority\u0027 over quarantine and isolation and the power to issue \u0027special or standing orders or rules\u0027 against the spread of contagious disease, the authority recited in every Ohio closure, gathering, reopening, mask, curfew and retail-compliance order of 2020-2021 (Exs. OH-002 to OH-104), and authorized the Department to \u0027make and enforce orders in local matters\u0027 when an emergency exists. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/revised-code/authenticated/37/3701/3701.13/9-29-2013/3701.13-9-29-2013.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":209685,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-OH","url":"/library/DUT-OH-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OH-001","citation":"General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Title 37, Chapter 3701, Department of Health), Statute (version effective September 29, 2013, Am. Sub. H.B. 59, 130th G.A.; the version in force when every Director\u0027s Order in States/OH was issued) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-001)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["DUT-OH-002","OH-002","OH-104","OH-011","OH-014","DUT-OH-004","DUT-OH-005","DUT-OH-006"]}