Coercive measures for covid-19: application of which law?

• Published in: Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde Vol. 165
• Main Authors: Koorengevel, Kathelijne M, Maes, Jan Pieter, Keurentjes, Rob, Michiels, Maykel L M, Tjon-A-Tsien, Aimée M L, Bakker, Marleen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Dutch
• Published: Netherlands 02.03.2021
• Subjects: Coercion; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Humans; Intellectual Disability - therapy; Mental Disorders - therapy; Netherlands; Public Health - legislation & jurisprudence; SARS-CoV-2; Netherlands

Since the end of January 2020, covid-19 is a group A infectious disease according to the Public Health Act (in Dutch: Wet publiekegezondheid or Wpg). To avert the risk of infection with covid-19, coercive measures can be imposed under this law. Almost at the same time, since January 1 2020, two new...