{"id":"DUT-OH-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701)","authority":"Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 1; the police power of the State","instrument":"Statute (version effective February 12, 2004, Am. Sub. H.B. 6, 125th G.A.)","title":"Special duties of director of health","dateIssued":"2004-02-12","effective":"February 12, 2004","end":"standing (amended June 23, 2021 by Sub. S.B. 22 to open division (A) with \u0027Subject to section 101.36 of the Revised Code\u0027; the duty sentence is otherwise unchanged)","startDate":"2004-02-12","endDate":"2021-06-23","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER"],"addressees":["the Director of Health; through the orders, persons generally and employers"],"clause":"The director of health shall investigate or make inquiry as to the cause of disease or illness, including contagious, infectious, epidemic, pandemic, or endemic conditions, and take prompt action to control and suppress it.... the sanitary conditions and effects of localities and employments... shall be subjects of study by the director.","enforcement":"None on the Director; the orders issued in discharge of the duty carry R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C)","functions":[],"notes":"Imposed on the Director a mandatory duty (\u0027shall... take prompt action to control and suppress\u0027) to act against pandemic disease and made \u0027the sanitary conditions and effects of localities and employments\u0027 and \u0027the personal and business habits of the people that affect their health\u0027 the statutory subjects of that duty; the Director\u0027s Orders on workplaces, retail and gatherings were the discharge of this duty.","sourceUrl":"https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/revised-code/authenticated/37/3701/3701.14/2-12-2004/3701.14-2-12-2004.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":211533,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-OH","url":"/library/DUT-OH-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OH-003","citation":"General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Chapter 3701), Statute (version effective February 12, 2004, Am. Sub. H.B. 6, 125th G.A.) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-003)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["OH-072","DUT-OH-006"]}