The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Police power; chapter 43.70 RCW (Department of Health)
- 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
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- Secretary of Health (whose orders bind persons generally, including inside any business open to the public)
- Character
- statutory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Washington DUT-WA
Operative words
The secretary of health shall:... (3) Strictly enforce all laws for the protection of the public health and the improvement of sanitary conditions in the state... (7) Have the same authority as local health officers, except that the secretary shall not exercise such authority unless... in an emergency the safety of the public health demands it
Penalty
Violation of a Secretary's order: criminal penalties recited in Order 20-03 under RCW 43.70.130(7), RCW 70.05.120(4) and WAC 246-100-070(3)
What it required
Gives the Secretary of Health the mandatory duty to enforce the public-health laws and, in an emergency, the full authority of a local health officer statewide; the authority under which Secretary of Health Order 20-03 (statewide face coverings, June 24, 2020) and its six amendments were issued.
Retrieval noteRendered from the February 28, 2021 archived capture of the official page (text in force during the period; unchanged since 1990).