{"id":"DUT-DC-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser)","authority":"D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 412(a), D.C. Code sec. 1-204.12(a); amending sec. 5a(d) of the District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1980, D.C. Code sec. 7-2304.01(d)","instrument":"D.C. Act 23-286, COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 401(b)(1)(B) (new sec. 7-2304.01(d)(3A))","title":"COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (public health emergency liability exemption)","dateIssued":"2020-04-10","effective":"2020-04-10","end":"90 days by its terms; the (3A) exemption was carried forward in the Coronavirus Support acts amending sec. 7-2304.01 (D.C. Acts 23-326, 23-328, 23-405, 24-30, 24-96; D.C. Laws 23-130, 24-9), as the code page\u0027s temporary-legislation notes record (Ex. DUT-DC-002)","startDate":"2020-04-10","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["COND","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers and organizations acting to implement the response plan and the communicable-disease law; District employees and contractors"],"clause":"Exempt any person... from civil liability for damages for actions taken while acting within the scope of their employment or organization\u0027s purpose... to implement the provisions of the District of Columbia response plan and of [D.C. Official Code sec. 7-131 et seq.], except in instances of gross negligence, and solely for actions taken during the public health emergency","enforcement":"None (a conditional exemption from civil damages); outside its terms the ordinary law of negligence applies, with the Mayor\u0027s Orders and DC Health\u0027s compulsory guidance as the governing standards","functions":[],"notes":"Authorizes the public health emergency order to exempt \u0027any person\u0027, District employees and District contractors from civil liability only for actions taken within the scope of their work \u0027to implement the provisions of the District of Columbia response plan and of\u0027 the Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act, excluding gross negligence and limited to the public health emergency: the exemption is earned by implementing the District\u0027s controls, and a business that ignored them stood outside it.","sourceUrl":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/acts/23-286","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":906754,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-DC","url":"/library/DUT-DC-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-DC-015","citation":"Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser), D.C. Act 23-286, COVID-19 Response Supplemental Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 401(b)(1)(B) (new sec. 7-2304.01(d)(3A)) (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. DUT-DC-015)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["DUT-DC-002","DUT-DC-004"]}