{"id":"DUT-TN-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health","authority":"Police power of the State; Tenn. Code Ann. title 68, ch. 1, pt. 2; subsection (c) added by 2021 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 550, sec. 5 (Ex. TN-065)","instrument":"Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201","title":"Power to quarantine","dateIssued":"2021-05-26","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-05-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","QUAR","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises on which a case, cause or source of disease may be found (through the definition of quarantine); the Commissioner of Health (power and duty)"],"clause":"(a) The commissioner has the power to: (1) Declare quarantine whenever, in the commissioner\u0027s judgment, the welfare of the public requires it; and (2) Prescribe such rules and regulations as may be deemed proper for the prevention of the introduction of yellow fever, cholera and other epidemic diseases into the state.","enforcement":"Willful escape from isolation or quarantine is a Class B misdemeanor (sec. 68-5-104(b), Ex. DUT-TN-002); obstruction of a health officer\u0027s entry into premises is prohibited (Rule 1200-14-01-.26, Ex. DUT-TN-005)","functions":[],"notes":"Vested the Commissioner of Health with standing power to declare quarantine and to make disease-control rules, and commanded that when an epidemic disease appears the commissioner \u0027shall prepare and carry into effect such rules and regulations as, in the commissioner\u0027s judgment, will, with the least inconvenience to commerce and travel, prevent the spread of the disease\u0027 (subsection (b)(1)); \u0027quarantine\u0027 includes \u0027preventing or restricting access to premises upon which the person or the cause or source of a disease may be found\u0027 (subsection (c)). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/tennessee/tn-code/tennessee_code_68-1-201","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":399423,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-TN","url":"/library/DUT-TN-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TN-001","citation":"Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Health, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-1-201 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-001)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-065","DUT-TN-002","DUT-TN-005"]}