{"id":"DUT-PA-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania","authority":"Police power of the Commonwealth","instrument":"Statute (Act of Apr. 9, 1929, P.L. 177, No. 175, sec. 2102)","title":"The Administrative Code of 1929, section 2102, General Health Administration (powers and duties of the Department of Health)","dateIssued":"1929-04-09","effective":"Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1929-04-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR"],"addressees":["the Department of Health (duty and power); owners and occupants of premises (sec. 2102(d), (e): duty to comply with the Department\u0027s abatement orders; expense recoverable by claim or action)"],"clause":"The Department of Health shall have the power, and its duty shall be: (a) To protect the health of the people of this Commonwealth, and to determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention and suppression of disease;... (c) To order... the causes of disease and mortality, to be abated and removed, and to enforce quarantine regulations","enforcement":"Abatement by the Department at the owner\u0027s or occupant\u0027s expense (sec. 2102(d), (e)); violation of any Department order or regulation punished under 71 P.S. sec. 1409 (Ex. DUT-PA-007) and 35 P.S. sec. 521.20 (Ex. DUT-PA-001)","functions":[],"notes":"Made it the Department of Health\u0027s statutory duty, not merely its power, to employ \u0027the most efficient and practical means for the prevention and suppression of disease,\u0027 to order abatement of \u0027the causes of disease and mortality,\u0027 to enforce quarantine regulations, and to enter and abate on premises whose \u0027owner or occupant... fails to comply with any order of the department,\u0027 at the owner\u0027s or occupant\u0027s expense. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/unconsolidated/law-information/view-statute?txtType=PDF\u0026SessYr=1929\u0026SessInd=0\u0026ActNum=0175.\u0026chpt=21\u0026subchpt=000.\u0026sctn=2\u0026subsctn=000.","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":76588,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-PA","url":"/library/DUT-PA-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-PA-002","citation":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Act of Apr. 9, 1929, P.L. 177, No. 175, sec. 2102) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-002)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-002","PA-007","PA-008","PA-045","DUT-PA-007","DUT-PA-001","DUT-PA-019"]}