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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules local health officers can issue communicable disease orders
The ruling by Wisconsin's high court affirms that local health officers around the state don't need to wait for governing bodies such as city councils and county boards to take action, and marks the culmination of a lawsuit two parents filed in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Associated Press
July 8, 2022
By Todd Richmond, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Local health officers can unilaterally issue orders to slow diseases, the state Supreme Court ruled July 8 in a decision upholding contentious orders limiting indoor gatherings and mandating masks that Dane County officials handed down during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 4-3 decision affirms that state law grants local health officers the ability to do what they deem necessary to stop communicable diseases without oversight from governing bodies such as city councils and county boards...
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules local health officers can issue communicable disease orders
The ruling by Wisconsin's high court affirms that local health officers around the state don't need to wait for governing bodies such as city councils and county boards to take action, and marks the culmination of a lawsuit two parents filed in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Associated Press
July 8, 2022
By Todd Richmond, Associated Press
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Local health officers can unilaterally issue orders to slow diseases, the state Supreme Court ruled July 8 in a decision upholding contentious orders limiting indoor gatherings and mandating masks that Dane County officials handed down during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 4-3 decision affirms that state law grants local health officers the ability to do what they deem necessary to stop communicable diseases without oversight from governing bodies such as city councils and county boards...