{"id":"DUT-SC-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of South Carolina","authority":"S.C. Code Ann. §§ 44-4-100 et seq.","instrument":"S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540)","title":"Emergency Health Powers Act: control of property and dangerous facilities; control and treatment of infectious disease; isolation and quarantine of individuals or groups; penalty for noncompliance","dateIssued":"2002-07-02","effective":"operative during a declared state of public health emergency (§ 25-1-440(e)); the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 emergency ran March 13, 2020 to June 6-7, 2021 (Exs. SC-001, SC-036, SC-037)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE","HC"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners and persons in control of facilities and premises; health care facilities"],"clause":"During a state of public health emergency, DHEC must use every available means to prevent the transmission of infectious disease and to ensure that all cases of infectious disease are subject to proper control and treatment.","enforcement":"§ 44-4-530(C): \u0027A person subject to isolation or quarantine must comply with DHEC\u0027s rules and orders, and must not go beyond the isolation or quarantine premises. Failure to comply with these rules and orders constitutes a felony and, upon conviction, a person must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both\u0027; entry into isolation or quarantine premises by an unauthorized person is likewise a felony; orders of the board are \u0027enforceable immediately by the public safety authority\u0027 (§ 44-1-80(B)(4)); § 44-1-100 enforcement by SLED, State and local law enforcement and the National Guard","functions":[],"notes":"During a declared public health emergency the health authority must use every available means to prevent transmission, may close, evacuate or decontaminate any facility that may endanger the public health, may require health care facilities to provide services as a condition of licensure, and may isolate or quarantine individuals or groups by the least restrictive means, including confinement to private homes or other private and public premises, and set rules and make orders to that end.","sourceUrl":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c004.php","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200703025105/https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c004.php","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":186761,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-SC","url":"/library/DUT-SC-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-SC-002","citation":"General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-002)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-001","SC-036","SC-037","SC-013","SC-035","SC-062","DUT-SC-004","DUT-SC-005","DUT-SC-006"]}