{"id":"DUT-TN-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by county health officers","authority":"Police power of the State; Tenn. Code Ann. title 68, ch. 2, pt. 6 (county health departments); subdivision (a)(4) added by 2021 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 550, sec. 4 (Ex. TN-065)","instrument":"Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-2-609","title":"Orders of county health officer (quarantine of a place or person; closure of a public establishment, facility, or building)","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","COND"],"addressees":["owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses (public establishments, facilities, buildings); persons subject to quarantine"],"clause":"(a)... the county health officer may order: (1) The quarantine of a place or person, if the county health officer finds that quarantine is necessary to protect the public health from an epidemic; (2) The closure of a public establishment, facility, or building, if the county health officer finds unsanitary conditions of such a nature and extent to significantly threaten the public health...","enforcement":"Enforcement through the county health director\u0027s duty to enforce State regulations (sec. 68-2-603(b), Ex. DUT-TN-004) and the health officer\u0027s \u0027medical enforcement actions\u0027 (sec. 68-2-603(c)); in the six locally run health departments, orders were issued under this authority (Exs. MET-BNA-001 to -073, TN-069 to TN-071)","functions":[],"notes":"Empowered every county health officer to order the quarantine of a place or person to protect the public health from an epidemic and to order the closure of a public establishment, facility or building for unsanitary conditions or where otherwise authorized by law; the Attorney General read the section as empowering the officer \u0027to order certain actions, such as quarantine and the closure of public establishments in specified instances\u0027 (Ex. DUT-TN-016). 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_68-2-609","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":508581,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-TN","url":"/library/DUT-TN-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TN-003","citation":"Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); exercised by county health officers, Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 68-2-609 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-003)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["DUT-TN-016","TN-065","DUT-TN-004","MET-BNA-001","TN-069","TN-071"]}