{"id":"DUT-CT-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368a, Department of Public Health)","authority":"Conn. Const. art. III; police power of the State; P.A. 03-236 (public health emergency response authority)","instrument":"Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131 to 19a-131i (public health emergency response authority: declaration, quarantine and isolation orders, enforcement, penalty), with §§ 19a-2a (Commissioner\u0027s powers) and 19a-36(a)(4) (Public Health Code penalty)","title":"Chapter 368a, Department of Public Health: Public health emergency response authority","dateIssued":"2003-07-09","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2003-07-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMER","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons generally (\u0027any individual\u0027); owners or persons in control of premises used for confinement; the Commissioner\u0027s delegates including every local health director (§ 19a-131a(f))"],"clause":"Any individual who, during the course of a public health emergency declared under this section, violates the provisions of any order issued pursuant to sections 19a-131 to 19a-131i, inclusive,... shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both, for each offense.","enforcement":"§ 19a-131a(d): fine not more than $1,000 or imprisonment not more than one year, or both, for each offense; § 19a-131a(e): Superior Court enforcement and equitable relief on the Attorney General\u0027s application; § 19a-131c: law enforcement may take a person refusing quarantine or isolation into custody; § 19a-36(a)(4): violation of any provision of the Public Health Code is a class C misdemeanor","functions":[],"notes":"Every individual to obey every order issued under the public health emergency articles once the Governor declared the emergency (March 10, 2020), on pain of a criminal fine and imprisonment for each offense, with the Commissioner empowered to quarantine or isolate \u0027any individual, group of individuals or individuals present within a geographic area\u0027 by confinement \u0027to private homes or other private or public premises\u0027 (§ 19a-131b(a), (b)(1)) and to have the Attorney General enforce any order in Superior Court (§ 19a-131a(e)).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_368a.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":4153991,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-001","citation":"Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 368a, Department of Public Health), Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 19a-131 to 19a-131i (public health emergency response authority: declaration, quarantine and isolation orders, enforcement, penalty), with §§ 19a-2a (Commissioner\u0027s powers) and 19a-36(a)(4) (Public Health Code penalty) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-001)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["CT-001","CT-023","CT-047","CT-052","CT-053","DUT-CT-006"]}