{"id":"DUT-LA-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)","authority":"La. Const. art. III; police power of the State; Acts 1976, No. 346, sec. 1, as amended","instrument":"La. R.S. 40:5 (exclusive jurisdiction, control and authority of the state health officer and the office of public health)","title":"Exclusive jurisdiction of the state health officer and the office of public health to isolate or quarantine, to take such action as is necessary to suppress diseases and prevent their spread, to enforce a statewide sanitary code, over all places of public accommodation and food handling, and over the sanitary conditions required at any public gathering or meeting","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","GATH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; places of public accommodation; food establishments; organizers of public gatherings"],"clause":"The state health officer and the office of public health of the Louisiana Department of Health shall have exclusive jurisdiction, control, and authority: (1) To isolate or quarantine for the care and control of communicable disease within the state. (2) To take such action as is necessary to accomplish the subsidence and suppression of diseases of all kinds in order to prevent their spread.","enforcement":"Enforced through R.S. 40:6 (Ex. DUT-LA-003) and the Sanitary Code\u0027s administrative enforcement procedures (LAC 51:I.105 to 51:I.115, Ex. DUT-LA-005)","functions":[],"notes":"Vests in the state health officer exclusive authority to isolate and quarantine, to take whatever action is necessary to suppress disease and prevent its spread, to enforce the Sanitary Code statewide, to supervise and permit \u0027all places of public accommodation\u0027 and the hygienic handling of all food (A)(5), and \u0027over the sanitary conditions required at any public gathering or meeting\u0027 (A)(16); it is the source of the State Health Officer\u0027s COVID-19 notices and orders in the library (Exs. LA-043 to LA-054). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=98549","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":269570,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-LA","url":"/library/DUT-LA-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-LA-002","citation":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:5 (exclusive jurisdiction, control and authority of the state health officer and the office of public health) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-002)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["LA-043","LA-054","DUT-LA-003","DUT-LA-005"]}