{"id":"DUT-RI-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island General Assembly (power vested in the Governor and the Director of Health)","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 23, ch. 8","instrument":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-8-18","title":"Proclamation of general quarantine","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","EMER","STAY","GATH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; every business subject to the rules made under the proclamation"],"clause":"he or she may, by proclamation, place under quarantine the whole state or that portion of the state that he or she may deem necessary, and he or she shall authorize and empower the state director of health to take any action and make and enforce any rules and regulations that may be deemed necessary to prevent the introduction and to restrict the spread of infectious diseases in the state.","enforcement":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-8-21 (knowing violation of the rules made during a proclaimed quarantine: fine to $50 or imprisonment to two years; read, not saved); § 23-1-25 (Ex. DUT-RI-014) for rules of the director; § 30-15-21 (Ex. DUT-RI-010) for the executive orders","functions":[],"notes":"The Governor may place the whole State under quarantine by proclamation and \u0027shall authorize and empower\u0027 the Director of Health \u0027to take any action and make and enforce any rules and regulations\u0027 necessary to restrict the spread of infectious disease; the executive orders\u0027 recurring paragraph authorizing the Director of RIDOH \u0027to take any action and make and enforce any rules and regulations necessary to implement this Executive Order\u0027 (EO 20-09 ¶ 7, Ex. RI-006; EO 20-30 ¶ 4, Ex. RI-016) is this section\u0027s language, and the Safe Activities regulation is the rule it contemplates. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE23/23-8/23-8-18.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":61211,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-RI","url":"/library/DUT-RI-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-RI-007","citation":"Rhode Island General Assembly (power vested in the Governor and the Director of Health), R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-8-18 (standing) (Ex. DUT-RI-007)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["RI-006","RI-016","RI-001","RI-009","RI-010","DUT-RI-014","DUT-RI-010"]}