{"id":"DUT-NE-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Nebraska","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure","authority":"Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 71-502 and 81-601 et seq. (recited in 173 NAC 6-001)","instrument":"173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, Directed Health Measures to Prevent or Limit the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or Poisoning","title":"Title 173, Control of Communicable Disease, Chapter 6","dateIssued":"2007-02-21","effective":"2007-02-21; standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"2007-02-21","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","EMP","COND"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; defined populations; health care providers and facilities"],"clause":"Directed Health Measure means any measure, whether prophylactic or remedial, intended and directed to prevent or limit the spread of communicable disease... Orders... will order the affected person or persons to comply with the terms of the Order... In the event of noncompliance... law enforcement and other... personnel will be required to aid the Department in enforcement of the Order","enforcement":"Enforcement under 173 NAC 6-009 with § 71-502; criminal penalty § 71-506 (Class V misdemeanor per offense) and injunction; the Department may act with \u0027any local jurisdiction having condemnation or nuisance abatement authority\u0027 (6-004.01A)","functions":[],"notes":"Defines the Directed Health Measure, authorizes quarantine of \u0027Buildings and premises, or of defined areas, public and private\u0027 and \u0027work quarantine\u0027 (6-004.01A), isolation, decontamination, \u0027Use of PPE for the performance of specified tasks or at specified premises\u0027 and \u0027Specific infection control measures including cleaning\u0027 (6-004.02), and \u0027Such other protocols or measures as may be identified as effective against public health threats by the American Public Health Association and the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or other similar public health authority\u0027 (6-004.01D); orders may be \u0027directed to the public at large with regard to identified premises or activities\u0027 (6-004.04), \u0027are effective immediately\u0027 (6-006.02) and order the affected persons \u0027to comply\u0027 (6-006.03); enforcement by quarantine officers, law enforcement and local health personnel (6-009); \u0027other persons must report\u0027 noncompliance (6-011).","sourceUrl":"https://www.nebraska.gov/rules-and-regs/regsearch/Rules/Health_and_Human_Services_System/Title-173/Chapter-06.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200416100235id_/https://www.nebraska.gov/rules-and-regs/regsearch/Rules/Health_and_Human_Services_System/Title-173/Chapter-06.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":63841,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NE","url":"/library/DUT-NE-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NE-004","citation":"Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation and Licensure, 173 Neb. Admin. Code ch. 6, Directed Health Measures to Prevent or Limit the Spread of Communicable Disease, Illness, or Poisoning (standing) (Ex. DUT-NE-004)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["NE-021","DUT-NE-002","DUT-NE-022","DUT-NE-025","DUT-NE-026"]}