{"id":"DUT-MA-009","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Public Health (regulation under G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 7 and 109 and related sections)","authority":"G.L. c. 111, s. 6 (define dangerous diseases; control regulations); 105 CMR 300.000","instrument":"105 CMR 300.200","title":"Isolation and Quarantine Requirements","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally (cases and contacts); employers whose employees are isolated or quarantined; food establishments"],"clause":"Upon the report of a case or suspected case of disease declared dangerous to the public health, the local board of health and the Department are authorized to implement and enforce the requirements outlined in 105 CMR 300.200.... Depending on the specific circumstances... additional control measures may be required.","enforcement":"Enforced by written or oral order under 105 CMR 300.210 with Superior Court enforcement (DUT-MA-010); G.L. c. 111 penalties","functions":[],"notes":"On any report of a dangerous disease the Department and every local board of health may \u0027implement and enforce\u0027 isolation of patients and quarantine of contacts for the minimum periods in the regulation and \u0027additional control measures\u0027 as circumstances require; for food handlers with enteric disease the table itself restricts return to food-handling duties. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/105-CMR-300-200","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":259388,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-009","citation":"Department of Public Health (regulation under G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 7 and 109 and related sections), 105 CMR 300.200 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-009)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-011","DUT-MA-010"]}