Responsibility for violations of quarantine and sanitary rules and standards for preventing the spread of coronavirus infection (COVID-19) by law
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https://doi.org/10.31548/law2021.01.016Abstract
The article analyzes the current state of legal support of quarantine requirements and sanitary rules and regulations for the prevention of infectious diseases in foreign countries and Ukraine. To achieve this goal, an analysis of the current legislation of some foreign countries and Ukraine on the grounds for establishing liability for violation of quarantine and sanitary norms and rules.
It has been established that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the governments of different states to introduce administrative and criminal liability in case of violation of quarantine and sanitary norms and rules. To ensure these measures, penalties for non-compliance with the quarantine regime have been introduced, with penalties ranging from warning to imprisonment and even the death penalty.
It is established that in Ukraine the issues of administrative and criminal liability for violation of quarantine and sanitary rules and regulations for the prevention of infectious diseases are regulated by Articles 42, 44-3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
It is determined that one of the problems of ineffective application of Articles 44-3, 42 3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses and Article 325 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine is an array of new rules for the prevention of COVID-19, which is constantly changing and introduced by various law enforcement agencies.
The study found that despite the adoption of regulations that established liability for violations of statutory rules and regulations introduced by both foreign countries and Ukraine to prevent COVID-19, they have a number of legal conflicts, inconsistencies and gaps.
Keywords: quarantine, administrative responsibility, criminal responsibility, infectious diseases, coronavirus, prevention
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