{"id":"DUT-MA-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Public Health (regulation)","authority":"G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 95, 96 and related sections; 105 CMR 300.000","instrument":"105 CMR 300.210","title":"Procedures for Isolation and Quarantine","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 (individuals and groups); premises used for isolation or quarantine"],"clause":"(C) Written Order. (1) The Department or local board of health may issue a written order of isolation or quarantine to an individual or group of individuals as authorized by 105 CMR 300.000.... (G)(2) If an order for isolation or quarantine is violated, the Department or local board of health may apply to a judge of the Superior Court for an order to enforce the isolation or quarantine","enforcement":"Superior Court enforcement order on violation; G.L. c. 111 penalties","functions":[],"notes":"Isolation and quarantine are imposed by written order, or by oral order \u0027only if delay in imposing the isolation or quarantine would pose a serious, imminent danger to the public health\u0027; the regulation directs education and \u0027Voluntary Compliance\u0027 first (\u0027Before using mandatory measures, the Department or local board of health shall educate the individual or group\u0027), then mandatory orders enforceable in the Superior Court. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/105-CMR-300-210","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":110326,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-010","citation":"Department of Public Health (regulation), 105 CMR 300.210 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-010)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-009","DUT-MA-011"]}