The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 95, 96 and related sections; 105 CMR 300.000
- Issued
- 2026-09-28 Sept. 28, 2026
- Effective
- standing (read as 2026-09-28)
- End
- standing
- In force
- Standing since Sept. 28, 2026 (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 duty
- Addressees
- persons generally (individuals and groups); premises used for isolation or quarantine
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA
Operative words
(C) Written Order. (1) The Department or local board of health may issue a written order of isolation or quarantine to an individual or group of individuals as authorized by 105 CMR 300.000.... (G)(2) If an order for isolation or quarantine is violated, the Department or local board of health may apply to a judge of the Superior Court for an order to enforce the isolation or quarantine
Penalty
Superior Court enforcement order on violation; G.L. c. 111 penalties
What it required
Isolation and quarantine are imposed by written order, or by oral order 'only if delay in imposing the isolation or quarantine would pose a serious, imminent danger to the public health'; the regulation directs education and 'Voluntary Compliance' first ('Before using mandatory measures, the Department or local board of health shall educate the individual or group'), then mandatory orders enforceable in the Superior Court. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).