{"id":"DUT-IA-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa General Assembly","authority":"Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021)","instrument":"Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021), Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster","title":"Iowa Code 2021, Section 135.144 - Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster","dateIssued":"2020-11-24","effective":"standing; operative upon a proclaimed public health disaster (Iowa: Mar. 17, 2020 to Feb. 15, 2022; IA-002, IA-043)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","SCH","HC"],"addressees":["persons generally; businesses and establishments; schools; health facilities (as the objects of the measures)"],"clause":"If a public health disaster exists, the department, in conjunction with the governor, may do any of the following:... 3. Take reasonable measures as necessary to prevent the transmission of infectious disease and to ensure that all cases of communicable disease are properly identified, controlled, and treated.... 8. Isolate or quarantine individuals or groups of individuals","enforcement":"Iowa Code § 135.38: knowing violation of any lawful order of the department or its officers is a simple misdemeanor (DUT-IA-004); enforcement by all peace officers under § 135.35 (DUT-IA-011).","functions":[],"notes":"Supplies the power under which every operative section of the Iowa proclamations (closures, gathering prohibitions, employer directives, mask requirement, screening and dental orders) was issued \u0027Pursuant to Iowa Code § 135.144(3), and in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Public Health\u0027; also authorizes vaccination, treatment, testing orders and school closure (subs. 5-7, 13). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2021/135.144.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":35908,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-IA","url":"/library/DUT-IA-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IA-002","citation":"Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021), Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster (standing) (Ex. DUT-IA-002)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["IA-002","IA-043","IA-007","IA-010","IA-012","IA-014","IA-018","IA-029","IA-030","IA-035","DUT-IA-017","DUT-IA-004"]}