The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Communicable and Preventable Diseases Act, 53 Stat. 1408, sec. 10, as amended through D.C. Law 14-194 sec. 902(h)
- Issued
- 1939-08-11 Aug. 11, 1939
- Effective
- 1939-08-11; in force throughout 2020-2021 (read as 1939-08-11)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Aug. 11, 1939 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Quarantine and isolationStanding dutyOther
- Addressees
- persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
[W]illfully violates sec. 7-136, 7-138, or 7-139... misdemeanor... fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both. Any person who willfully violates any rule or regulation issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and... subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000, imprisonment for not more than 30 days, or both.
Penalty
Fine not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment not more than 90 days (secs. 7-136, 7-138, 7-139); fine not exceeding $1,000 and imprisonment not more than 30 days (rules and regulations)
What it required
Makes wilful violation of the detention, inspection and non-interference provisions a misdemeanor punishable by $5,000 and 90 days, and wilful violation of any communicable-disease rule (including rules DC Health issued to enforce the mask order) a misdemeanor punishable by $1,000 and 30 days.
Retrieval noteThe $5,000 and 90-day figures are the same penalty Mayor's Order 2020-054 recited for wilful violation of the stay-at-home order (Ex. DC-006: 'a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both').