The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 16 (veto override)
- Issued
- 2021-03-24 Mar. 24, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-23
- End
- In force (statute) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 23, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationQuarantine and isolationOther
- Addressees
- Governor
- Department of Health
- boards of health of city and general health districts
- General Assembly
- Functions reached
- all (allocation of authority over orders from June 23, 2021)
- QUAR quarantine and isolation orders limited to diagnosed and exposed persons
- Collection
- Ohio OH
Operative words
Sec. 101.36. (A)(1) If the department of health issues a special or standing order or rule for preventing the spread of contagious or infectious disease under section 3701.13 of the Revised Code, the general assembly may rescind that special or standing order or rule, in whole or in part, by adopting a concurrent resolution.... Sec. 3707.11. A board of health of a city or general health district... may only issue a quarantine or isolation order under this chapter that applies to individuals who have been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order or individuals who have come in direct contact with someone who has been medically diagnosed with the disease that is the subject of the order.... Sec. 3707.54.... Any order or regulation that applies to a class of persons in violation of this section is invalid and has no legal effect.... [Section 3(C)] An emergency declaration in effect on the effective date of this section shall be subject to immediate termination by the General Assembly through the adoption of a concurrent resolution, and shall exist for not more than thirty calendar days after the effective date of this section unless extended by the General Assembly...
Enforcement
Statute; orders issued in violation 'invalid and ha[ve] no legal effect' (R.C. 101.36(C), 3707.54)
Notes
Passage history (legislature.ohio.gov status page): passed Senate Feb. 17, 2021; passed House Mar. 10; sent to Governor Mar. 11; veto and override by both houses Mar. 24, 2021; effective June 23, 2021. Preserved ODH authority to issue quarantine and isolation orders as to diagnosed and exposed individuals; the Aug. 31, 2021 school quarantine framework (Ex. OH-084) operated within it.
Retrieval noteEnrolled act read; passage dates from the legislature's status page (verified_secondary).