{"id":"DUT-TN-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. secs. 4-5-202, 68-1-103, 68-1-104, 68-1-201 and 68-5-104 (as recited in Rules 1200-14-01-.26 and -.27)","instrument":"Tenn. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. ch. 1200-14-01 (Communicable and Environmental Diseases), Rules.15,.25,.26 and.27","title":"Rules of the Tennessee Department of Health, Chapter 1200-14-01, Communicable and Environmental Diseases (compilation dated November 2004, as published by the Secretary of State)","dateIssued":"1974-06-07","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1974-06-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","COND"],"addressees":["persons generally (Rule.26); owners or persons in control of premises and establishments (Rules.15,.26); local health authorities and municipalities (Rules.25,.27)"],"clause":"It shall be the duty of the local health officer or the Commissioner... on receiving a report of a communicable disease, or of a suspected epidemic of disease... to:... (e) Establish appropriate control measures which may include examination, treatment, isolation, quarantine, exclusion, disinfection, immunization, disease surveillance, closure of establishment, education, and other measures...","enforcement":"Closure of establishment, exclusion, isolation and quarantine as control measures; enforcement by local health authorities and the Department (Rule.27); escape from isolation or quarantine a Class B misdemeanor (sec. 68-5-104(b), Ex. DUT-TN-002)","functions":[],"notes":"Made isolation, quarantine, exclusion, disinfection and \u0027closure of establishment\u0027 the standing control measures a health officer \u0027shall\u0027 establish on report of a communicable disease (Rule.15(1)(e)); declared the rules \u0027the minimum requirements\u0027 and authorized municipalities and local boards of health \u0027to make and enforce such additional ordinances, rules or regulations as they deem necessary\u0027 (Rule.25); provided that \u0027No person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance into any house or premises, or the inspection, examination, or interview of any occupant thereof\u0027 by a health officer (Rule.26); and made it \u0027the duty of all local health authorities to obey and enforce the provisions of these regulations,\u0027 with the Department to step in where a local authority fails (Rule.27).","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/rules/1200/1200-14/1200-14-01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":86974,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-TN","url":"/library/DUT-TN-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TN-005","citation":"Tennessee Department of Health, Communicable and Environmental Disease Services, Tenn. Comp. R. \u0026 Regs. ch. 1200-14-01 (Communicable and Environmental Diseases), Rules.15,.25,.26 and.27 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-005)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["DUT-TN-002","DUT-TN-001","DUT-TN-004","DUT-TN-012"]}