{"id":"DUT-MD-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Maryland General Assembly (Health-General Article, Title 18, Subtitle 9, Catastrophic Health Emergencies)","authority":"Md. Const. art. III; police power of the State; Pub. Safety Title 14, Subtitle 3A (definitions incorporated by Health-Gen. § 18-901)","instrument":"Statute","title":"Secretary\u0027s orders in a catastrophic health emergency: evaluation and treatment, isolation and quarantine of individuals and groups, direction of local health officers, and orders to law enforcement to enforce","dateIssued":"","effective":"in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["QUAR","DUTY","HC"],"addressees":["persons exposed or believed exposed; groups of individuals; health officers; law enforcement officers"],"clause":"(ii)... may order an individual or group of individuals to go to and remain in places of isolation or quarantine until the Secretary determines that the individual no longer poses a substantial risk of transmitting the disease...; (3) May order any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other law enforcement officer... to assist in the execution or enforcement of any order issued under this subtitle.","enforcement":"Health-Gen. § 18-907(a): knowing and willful failure to comply is a misdemeanor, 1 year or $3,000 or both (Ex. DUT-MD-004)","functions":[],"notes":"Empowered the Secretary of Health, once the Governor proclaimed a catastrophic health emergency, to order individuals and groups into isolation or quarantine, to direct every county health officer, and to command law enforcement to enforce; the footing of the MDH quarantine and isolation designations (Ex. MD-041) and the traveler testing and quarantine orders (Exs. MD-023, MD-050). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/Statute_Web/ghg/18-905.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":229168,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-MD","url":"/library/DUT-MD-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MD-003","citation":"Maryland General Assembly (Health-General Article, Title 18, Subtitle 9, Catastrophic Health Emergencies), Statute (standing) (Ex. DUT-MD-003)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-041","MD-023","MD-050","MD-001","DUT-MD-004"]}