The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Washington
- Level
- State
- Authority
- RCW 43.20.050
- Issued
- 2011-01-04 Jan. 4, 2011
- Effective
- standing (read as 2011-01-04)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Jan. 4, 2011 (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
- Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally (members of the general public, which includes every employer and business owner)
- Character
- statutory duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Washington DUT-WA
Operative words
(1) Members of the general public shall cooperate with: (a) Public health authorities in their investigation and control of cases, outbreaks, and suspected outbreaks; and (b) Implementation of infection control measures.
Penalty
Violation of a State Board of Health rule: misdemeanor under RCW 70.05.120(4) and WAC 246-100-070(2)
What it required
Binds every person in Washington, employers included, to cooperate with public health authorities' outbreak investigations and with the implementation of infection control measures; Proclamations 20-25.6, 20-25.14 and 20-25.15 restate this duty in terms and cite this rule.
Retrieval noteCited in Proclamation 20-25.6 para. 2 ('Everyone is required to cooperate with public health authorities... pursuant to State Board of Health rule in WAC 246-101-425'; Ex. WA-040) and in Proclamation 20-25.14 para. 4 (Ex. WA-072).