The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tenn. Code Ann. secs. 4-5-202, 68-1-103, 68-1-104, 68-1-201 and 68-5-104 (as recited in Rules 1200-14-01-.26 and -.27)
- Issued
- 1974-06-07 June 7, 1974
- Effective
- standing (read as 1974-06-07)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since June 7, 1974 (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
- Business closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyOperating condition
- Addressees
- persons generally (Rule.26); owners or persons in control of premises and establishments (Rules.15,.26); local health authorities and municipalities (Rules.25,.27)
- Character
- statutory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Tennessee DUT-TN
Operative words
It shall be the duty of the local health officer or the Commissioner... on receiving a report of a communicable disease, or of a suspected epidemic of disease... to:... (e) Establish appropriate control measures which may include examination, treatment, isolation, quarantine, exclusion, disinfection, immunization, disease surveillance, closure of establishment, education, and other measures...
Penalty
Closure of establishment, exclusion, isolation and quarantine as control measures; enforcement by local health authorities and the Department (Rule.27); escape from isolation or quarantine a Class B misdemeanor (sec. 68-5-104(b), Ex. DUT-TN-002)
What it required
Made isolation, quarantine, exclusion, disinfection and 'closure of establishment' the standing control measures a health officer 'shall' establish on report of a communicable disease (Rule.15(1)(e)); declared the rules 'the minimum requirements' and authorized municipalities and local boards of health 'to make and enforce such additional ordinances, rules or regulations as they deem necessary' (Rule.25); provided that 'No person shall interfere with or obstruct the entrance into any house or premises, or the inspection, examination, or interview of any occupant thereof' by a health officer (Rule.26); and made it 'the duty of all local health authorities to obey and enforce the provisions of these regulations,' with the Department to step in where a local authority fails (Rule.27).
Retrieval noteThe Secretary of State's published compilation of the chapter (86,974 bytes; pages carry 'November, 2004 (Revised)'). Rule.15 is titled 'General Measures for the Effective Control of Disease Outbreaks.' Rule.23 restricts employment of infected persons as foodhandlers. The definitions in Rule.01 define isolation ((x)) and quarantine ((ee)).