The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 111, s. 6 (define dangerous diseases; control regulations); 105 CMR 300.000
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (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
- Quarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally (cases and contacts); employers whose employees are isolated or quarantined; food establishments
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA
Operative words
Upon the report of a case or suspected case of disease declared dangerous to the public health, the local board of health and the Department are authorized to implement and enforce the requirements outlined in 105 CMR 300.200.... Depending on the specific circumstances... additional control measures may be required.
Penalty
Enforced by written or oral order under 105 CMR 300.210 with Superior Court enforcement (DUT-MA-010); G.L. c. 111 penalties
What it required
On any report of a dangerous disease the Department and every local board of health may 'implement and enforce' isolation of patients and quarantine of contacts for the minimum periods in the regulation and 'additional control measures' as circumstances require; for food handlers with enteric disease the table itself restricts return to food-handling duties. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteThe LII text is the current codification; the 2020-2021 text of 300.200 is not separately verified. COVID-19's presence on the reportable list is verified in 300.100 (DUT-MA-011); the isolation and quarantine table in 300.200(A) as mirrored does not carry a COVID-19 row, so the COVID-19 isolation and quarantine periods rested on the 'additional control measures' clause and the Department's guidance and orders.