The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Stats. 1995, ch. 415, sec. 7 (eff. Jan. 1, 1996); sec. 120295 as amended by Stats. 1996, ch. 1023, sec. 350.6 (eff. Sept. 29, 1996); sec. 120290 repealed and added by Stats. 2017, ch. 537 (SB 239)
- Issued
- 1996-01-01 Jan. 1, 1996
- Effective
- 1996-01-01
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Jan. 1, 1996 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing duty
- Addressees
- persons generally ('Any person'), including owners or persons in control of 'things, or places'
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: California DUT-CA
Operative words
120275. Any person who, after notice, violates, or who, upon the demand of any health officer, refuses or neglects to conform to, any rule, order, or regulation prescribed by the department respecting a quarantine or disinfection of persons, animals, things, or places, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Penalty
Section 120275: misdemeanor. Section 120295: 'a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, or by both. He or she is guilty of a separate offense for each day that the violation continued.' Section 120280: for violation of a local health officer's order served under section 121365, misdemeanor and confinement until the order has been fully complied with or terminated; section 120285: up to one year on a subsequent conviction.
What it required
Made it a crime for any person to violate, or refuse on a health officer's demand to conform to, a department rule, order or regulation respecting quarantine or disinfection of persons, things or places, and made violation of section 120130 or of any section of Chapter 3 (other than section 120195) a misdemeanor punishable by fine and imprisonment with each day a separate offense, the statutory teeth recited as 'Health and Safety Code sec. 120275 et seq.' in the enforcement lines of every State Public Health Officer order in the library.
Retrieval noteOfficial text as displayed Sept. 28, 2026. Sections 120275, 120280, 120285 and 120300 carry their 1995 text; section 120295 its 1996 text; section 120290 (intentional transmission of an infectious disease) was rewritten in 2017 and is not relied on. Section 120300 directs the district attorney to prosecute violations of health officers' orders on the officer's request.