{"id":"DUT-NE-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska Legislature","authority":"Statute; Laws 1901, c. 49, § 1, as amended","instrument":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-501","title":"Contagious diseases; local public health department; county board of health; powers and duties","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"],"addressees":["local public health departments and county boards of health as regulators; every person and premises within their jurisdiction as the regulated"],"clause":"The local public health department as defined in section 71-1626 or the county board of a county that has not established or joined in the establishment of a local public health department shall make and enforce regulations to prevent the introduction and spread of contagious, infectious, and malignant diseases in the county or counties under its jurisdiction.","enforcement":"§ 71-506: Class V misdemeanor for each offense; injunction by the Attorney General or county attorney (DUT-NE-005); local penalties under § 71-501(3), § 71-1631.01 (Class III misdemeanor, each day separate; DUT-NE-007) and municipal codes (LMC § 8.18.170 as recited in Ex. NE-079)","functions":[],"notes":"Every local public health department (and, where none exists, the county board of health) must make and enforce communicable-disease regulations binding on the persons and premises in its jurisdiction and, under subsection (3), \u0027shall make rules and regulations to safeguard the health of the people and prevent nuisances and insanitary conditions and shall enforce and provide penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=71-501\u0026print=true","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220812161415/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=71-501\u0026print=true","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":71365,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NE","url":"/library/DUT-NE-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NE-001","citation":"Nebraska Legislature, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-501 (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-001)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["NE-079","DUT-NE-005","DUT-NE-007","DUT-NE-022"]}