Revised Yakama Code Title XX (20), Yakama Nation Communicable Disease Code

The record

Jurisdiction

Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation (Washington) - tribal government

Level

Tribal

Authority

Tribal Council legislative authority; Treaty of 1855

Issued

2021-10-01 Oct. 1, 2021

Effective

2020 (enacted by T-086-20; the file is the Nation's 2021 posting) (read as 2021-10-01)

End

Standing code

In force

Oct. 1, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Quarantine and isolationOther

Addressees

• all persons within the Yakama Nation's civil and criminal jurisdiction on Yakama lands

Functions reached

• Statutory basis for the Nation's isolation and quarantine orders reaching the workforce (WF)
• QUAR

Collection

Tribal governments AGY-TRIBAL

Operative words

20.01.010: INTENT It is the intent of the Yakama Nation to protect the health of our elders, our children, and all community members to the greatest extent possible through the Yakama Nation's public health capabilities... This Communicable Disease Code provides the processes and actions necessary for the Yakama Nation to exercise its sovereign authority to prevent and control communicable diseases on Yakama lands.... 20.01.040: GENERAL AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION This RYC Title is adopted under the authority of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council... [and] applies to the fullest extent of the Yakama Nation's civil and criminal jurisdiction... 20.02.010: RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF TRIBAL HEALTH OFFICER... [law enforcement] officers so that they may enforce orders authorized under this Title, particularly when individuals fail to abide by such orders.

Enforcement

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