{"id":"DUT-VT-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 3)","authority":"police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. sec. 2(4) (\u0027Health officer\u0027 means the Commissioner of Health, the Commissioner\u0027s designee, or a local or district health officer)","instrument":"18 V.S.A. sec. 127 (Emergency health orders)","title":"Emergency health orders","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses (any place of assemblage, food or lodging establishment)"],"clause":"A health officer may, without a prior hearing, issue an emergency health order when necessary to prevent, remove, or destroy an imminent and substantial public health hazard or to mitigate an imminent and substantial significant public health risk. Such order may include any actions available under section 126 of this title. An emergency health order shall be effective upon actual notice","enforcement":"18 V.S.A. sec. 130 (civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation per day; injunction) and sec. 131 (criminal fine up to $5,000 per day; refusal: up to $25,000 or six months, or both)","functions":[],"notes":"Any person to whom a health officer (the Commissioner, the Commissioner\u0027s designee or a local health officer) directs an emergency health order to take, immediately upon actual notice and without a prior hearing, any of the section 126 actions, including quarantine, isolation, closure and prohibition of assemblage, against an imminent and substantial public health hazard. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/003/00127","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":39952,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-002","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 3), 18 V.S.A. sec. 127 (Emergency health orders) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-002)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["DUT-VT-008"]}