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Ex. DUT-AZ-004 Standing duty Primary source read

Statute

Violation; classification

Arizona Legislature (Arizona Revised Statutes, title 36, ch. 6, art. 4) · Arizona (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Arizona
Level
State
Authority
Ariz. Const. art. IV
Effective
in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Quarantine and isolationStanding duty
Addressees
  • persons generally; members of boards of health and local health officers
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Arizona DUT-AZ

Operative words

A person who knowingly secretes himself or others known to have a contagious or infectious disease,... or a person who violates a provision of this article or a rule, regulation, order, instruction or measure adopted and given the required publicity by a board of health is guilty of a class 3 misdemeanor unless another classification is specifically prescribed in this article.

Penalty

class 3 misdemeanor 'unless another classification is specifically prescribed in this article'

What it required

Made it a crime for any person to violate the communicable-disease article or any measure adopted by a board of health, and for a health officer to fail in a duty under it.

Retrieval note

The penalty clause for A.R.S. §§ 36-621 to 36-629, including § 36-624 (Ex. DUT-AZ-003) and § 36-621 (every person who learns that a contagious disease exists 'shall immediately make a written report'; read on azleg.gov, not separately saved).