{"id":"DUT-VT-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health)","authority":"Vt. Const. ch. II, sec. 6 (legislative power); police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. sec. 102 (Commissioner supervises and directs the execution of all laws vested in the Department of Health and adopts rules to administer Title 18)","instrument":"18 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders)","title":"Health orders","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","GATH","QUAR"],"addressees":["persons generally (\u0027any person responsible for contributing to the public health hazard or significant public health risk\u0027); owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses (food or lodging establishments, churches, schools, any other place of assemblage)"],"clause":"A health order shall be effective upon issuance and may require any person responsible for contributing to the public health hazard or significant public health risk to take actions to protect the public health... (5) the quarantine or isolation of any area, persons... (6) the closing of and the prohibition of assemblage in any food or lodging establishment... or any other place of assemblage","enforcement":"18 V.S.A. sec. 130(b)(6): civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation, each day of a continuing violation a separate violation, with injunctive relief (Ex. DUT-VT-003); 18 V.S.A. sec. 131(a)-(b): fine up to $5,000 for failing or neglecting to obey an order, up to $25,000 or six months\u0027 imprisonment or both for refusing to obey (Ex. DUT-VT-004)","functions":[],"notes":"Any person responsible for contributing to a public health hazard or significant public health risk, including the owner or operator of any premises or business, to take the actions the Commissioner (or selectboard) orders: quarantine or isolation of areas and persons, closing of and prohibition of assemblage in any food or lodging establishment or other place of assemblage, cessation of contributing acts and processes, notice to users, and \u0027any other affirmative acts or prohibitions necessary to mitigate a significant public health risk\u0027. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/003/00126","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":45585,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-001","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, Health; chapter 3, Department of Health), 18 V.S.A. sec. 126 (Health orders) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-001)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-001","VT-044","DUT-VT-003","DUT-VT-004"]}