{"id":"DUT-LA-003","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; Acts 1976, No. 346, sec. 1, as amended","instrument":"La. R.S. 40:6 (violations of the Sanitary Code; penalties; injunction; civil fines)","title":"Penalties for violating the Sanitary Code: criminal fines and imprisonment (up to two years for isolation or quarantine violations), injunction at the request of the state health officer \u0027when necessary to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate any imminent menace to the public health,\u0027 and civil fines up to $100 per day per violation and $10,000 per violator per year","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","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; permit holders and food establishments"],"clause":"Whoever violates those provisions of the sanitary code dealing with the isolation or quarantine of communicable disease, or any person... who, after having been officially isolated or quarantined... violates the provisions of the isolation or quarantine shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.","enforcement":"(A) first offense: fine up to $25 or imprisonment up to 10 days, escalating for later offenses; (B) isolation or quarantine violations: $50 to $100 or imprisonment up to two years, or both; (C) injunction by the district attorney at the request of the state health officer or the Secretary \u0027when necessary to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate any imminent menace to the public health\u0027; (D) civil fines up to $100 per day per violation and $10,000 per violator per year, in addition to criminal prosecution","functions":[],"notes":"Every person must comply with the Sanitary Code and with every isolation or quarantine imposed by the state or a local health officer, on pain of criminal prosecution, injunction and civil fines.","sourceUrl":"https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=98673","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":267063,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-LA","url":"/library/DUT-LA-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-LA-003","citation":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 40:6 (violations of the Sanitary Code; penalties; injunction; civil fines) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-003)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["DUT-LA-001","DUT-LA-002","DUT-LA-004","DUT-LA-005"]}