{"id":"DUT-WV-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature)","authority":"W. Va. Code R. §§ 64-7-1 to 64-7-25 (filed July 12, 2013; effective Aug. 12, 2013)","instrument":"64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule)","title":"Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions: reporting duties; outbreak reporting; control measures; isolation, quarantine and placarding; penalties","dateIssued":"2013-07-12","effective":"2013-08-12; in force throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"2013-08-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","STAY"],"addressees":["physicians and licensed practitioners; local health officers; laboratories; all health care facilities; administrators of schools, camps and vessels; occupants and owners of placarded premises; \u0027any other person investigating or treating disease... exposure or alleged exposure to infectious agents\u0027 (§ 1.5); facilities reporting outbreaks (§ 7.1)"],"clause":"21.1. The authority to implement and terminate quarantine or placarding to prevent spread of a communicable disease... rests with the Commissioner.... 24.1. Any person who is subject to the provisions of this rule who... otherwise fails to act in accordance with this rule is guilty of a misdemeanor... Each violation is considered a separate offense.","enforcement":"Misdemeanor; fine up to $500 \u0027as provided under W. Va. Code § 16-1-18\u0027; \u0027Each violation is considered a separate offense\u0027 (§ 24.1)","functions":[],"notes":"Isolation of persons with a communicable disease initiated by the local health officer (§ 21.2); quarantine and placarding by the Commissioner and local health officers (§ 21.1); no person to \u0027interfere with or obstruct\u0027 placarding or to \u0027conceal, mutilate or remove any placard\u0027 (§ 21.3), the \u0027occupant or... the owner of the premises\u0027 to report a removed placard immediately (§ 21.4); every facility including any \u0027other facility or related to a restaurant or food establishment\u0027 that becomes aware of an outbreak to \u0027report the outbreak to the local health officer immediately\u0027 (§ 7.1); health care providers to \u0027Follow a method of control specified by the Commissioner\u0027 (§ 14.1.a.5); local health officers to \u0027implement the prevention and control methods specified by the protocols\u0027 (§ 16.4.a). \u0027Quarantine\u0027 is defined as \u0027The limitation of freedom of movement of persons or animals in a time frame and manner to prevent contacts that could lead to spread of disease\u0027 (§ 2.43).","sourceUrl":"https://apps.sos.wv.gov/adlaw/csr/readfile.aspx?DocId=25071\u0026Format=PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":993252,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WV","url":"/library/DUT-WV-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WV-015","citation":"West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health (legislative rule authorized by the Legislature), 64 C.S.R. 7, Reportable Diseases, Events and Conditions (legislative rule) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WV-015)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["WV-082","DUT-WV-001","DUT-WV-007"]}