{"id":"DUT-WI-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Wisconsin","state":"WI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Health Services)","authority":"Wis. Stat. ch. 252, Communicable Diseases","instrument":"Wis. Stat. § 252.02 (2019-20), Powers and duties of department","title":"Powers and duties of department: surveillance and inspection (1); closing schools and forbidding public gatherings (3); rules and orders for control, suppression, quarantine and disinfection binding the whole or any part of the state and superseding less stringent local regulation (4); agents to execute orders where persons in charge of buildings fail to comply (5); all emergency measures necessary (6)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","GATH","CLOSE","QUAR","SCH"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in charge of buildings, vessels and conveyances (sub. (5)); schools, churches and \u0027other places\u0027 (sub. (3))"],"clause":"(3) The department may close schools and forbid public gatherings in schools, churches, and other places to control outbreaks and epidemics. (4)... the department may promulgate and enforce rules or issue orders... for the control and suppression of communicable diseases, for the quarantine and disinfection of persons, localities and things...","enforcement":"§ 252.25 (DUT-WI-004): imprisonment up to 30 days or fine up to $500 or both for willful violation or obstruction of any departmental order under the chapter; sub. (5) agents appointed to execute orders at the expense of the unit of government or the State.","functions":[],"notes":"Every person, business and owner of premises in Wisconsin was subject to DHS orders forbidding public gatherings and imposing control, quarantine and disinfection measures on \u0027persons, localities and things,\u0027 applicable \u0027to the whole or any specified part of the state,\u0027 superseding \u0027conflicting or less stringent local regulations,\u0027 and the Department \u0027may authorize and implement all emergency measures necessary to control communicable diseases\u0027 (sub. (6)). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/2019/252.02","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":282993,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-WI","url":"/library/DUT-WI-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WI-001","citation":"Wisconsin Legislature (codified statute; administered by the Department of Health Services), Wis. Stat. § 252.02 (2019-20), Powers and duties of department (standing) (Ex. DUT-WI-001)","stateName":"Wisconsin","related":["WI-007","WI-039","DUT-WI-004"]}