The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 111, ss. 6, 7, 109, 111 and 112; 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
- Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally (household members); health care providers; laboratories (300.170)
- Character
- statutory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Massachusetts DUT-MA
Operative words
Cases or suspect cases of the diseases listed below shall be reported by household members, physicians and other health care providers as defined by M.G.L. c. 111, s. 1, and other officials designated by the Department... immediately, but in no case more than 24 hours after diagnosis or identification, to the board of health in the community where the case is diagnosed
Penalty
G.L. c. 111 penalties for failure to report; enforcement through the board's regulations
What it required
COVID-19 is a listed disease reportable within 24 hours by household members, physicians and health care providers to the local board of health; the listing is what brings a case within the isolation and quarantine authority of 105 CMR 300.200 and 300.210 and the boards' powers under G.L. c. 111, ss. 95 and 104.
Retrieval noteThe list also carries 'Respiratory infection due to a novel or unusual coronavirus, causing severe disease in humans including, but not limited to, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS),' the pre-2020 entry under which the Department first treated the novel coronavirus as reportable.