The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 1; the police power of the State
- Issued
- 1953-10-01 Oct. 1, 1953
- Effective
- October 1, 1953 (read as 1953-10-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Oct. 1, 1953 (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
- Emergency declarationWorkplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- the Director of Health and the officers so appointed; through them, businesses subject to inspection
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Ohio DUT-OH
Operative words
When a contagious or infectious disease becomes or threatens to become epidemic in a municipal corporation or township, and the local authorities neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the director of health may appoint a medical or sanitary officer... and authorize him to enforce such orders or regulations as the director deems necessary.
Penalty
The orders enforced carry R.C. 3701.352 and 3701.99(C); the retail-compliance order added closure of the premises for up to twenty-four hours on a notice of violation (Ex. OH-037 para. 9)
What it required
Authorized the Director, in an epidemic, to appoint and empower officers to enforce the Director's orders; the section the Director invoked to designate the Bureau of Workers' Compensation Retail Compliance Unit, local health departments and local law enforcement 'to inspect and enforce this Order as representatives of ODH' (Ex. OH-037 para. 12). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).