The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Police power; chapter 70.05 RCW (Local Health Departments, Boards, Officers)
- Effective
- standing
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing (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
- Business closureQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- local health officers (the source of orders binding persons generally and owners or persons in control of premises)
- Character
- statutory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Washington DUT-WA
Operative words
The local health officer... shall:... (3) Control and prevent the spread of any dangerous, contagious or infectious diseases that may occur within his or her jurisdiction;... (5) Prevent, control or abate nuisances which are detrimental to the public health
Penalty
Violation of, or refusal to obey, a health officer's orders: misdemeanor under RCW 70.05.120(4) and WAC 246-100-070(3)
What it required
Charges every local health officer with the mandatory duty to control and prevent the spread of contagious disease and to abate public-health nuisances, the statutory foundation for every local COVID-19 control measure and for Secretary of Health Order 20-03, which recites this section.
Retrieval noteOfficial Legislature site rendered to PDF. Recited as authority in Secretary of Health Order 20-03 (Ex. WA-037).