The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Wisconsin
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Wis. Stat. ch. 252
- Issued
- 2020-03-01 Mar. 1, 2020
- Effective
- In force throughout March 2020 to September 2021 (read as 2020-03-01)
- In force
- Mar. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Gathering capQuarantine and isolationOther
- Addressees
- DHS
- local health officers
- persons subject to isolation and quarantine
- Functions reached
- WF quarantine and isolation of exposed and infected workers throughout the period
- GATH local gathering caps
- SF local capacity orders
- MASK local mask orders (Q3 2021: Dane County)
- Collection
- Wisconsin WI
Operative words
252.02 Powers and duties of department.... 252.03 Duties of local health officers. [local health officers 'shall promptly take all measures necessary to prevent, suppress and control communicable diseases' and 'may... forbid public gatherings when deemed necessary to control outbreaks or epidemics' (as construed in Becker ¶¶10-12)]... 252.06 Isolation and quarantine.... 252.25 Violation of law relating to health.
Enforcement
252.25 (fine or imprisonment); local ordinances (e.g., Dane County Ord. 46.40, Becker)
Notes
The statutory instrument that remained in force in Q3 2021 after every gubernatorial and DHS order had ended; exercised by county and city health officers (MKE).
Retrieval noteCurrent codification rendered; 252.03 text unchanged in relevant part since 2020 (Becker construes the 2019-20 version).