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Ex. DUT-TN-002 Standing duty Primary source read

Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-5-104

Quarantine - Penalty for escape (duty of local health authorities to isolate or quarantine the case or premise)

Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by local (municipal and county) health authorities and the Commissioner of Health · Tennessee (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Police power of the State; Tenn. Code Ann. title 68, ch. 5, pt. 1
Effective
standing
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
Business closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
Addressees
  • local health authorities (duty); persons isolated or quarantined; owners or persons in control of premises on which a case, cause or source is found
Character
statutory duty
Collection
Standing duties: Tennessee DUT-TN

Operative words

It is the duty of the local health authorities, on receipt of a report of a case, or suspected case, of disease declared to be communicable... to take such steps as may be necessary to isolate or quarantine the case or premise upon which the case, cause or source may be found, as may be required by the rules and regulations of the state department of health.

Penalty

Class B misdemeanor for willful escape from isolation or quarantine (up to six months and $500 under sec. 40-35-111 as summarized on the page)

What it required

Imposed on every local health authority a duty, on report of a communicable disease, to confirm the diagnosis, find the source, and isolate or quarantine the case or the premises on which the case, cause or source is found; directed the commissioner to promulgate rules 'necessary to prevent the spread of contagious or communicable diseases' (subsection (a)(2)); made willful escape from isolation or quarantine a Class B misdemeanor (subsection (b)); required delivery of the law to the head of a quarantined household (subsection (c)).

Retrieval note

Text read in the saved exhibit (LawServer mirror, 'current as of 2024'). This is the section the Department's rules recite as authority for Rules 1200-14-01-.26 and -.27 (Ex. DUT-TN-005).