5-45-3. Failure to Cooperate with Law Enforcement or Public Health Official.

For the purposes of this section, a public health official shall be defined as:

1. a person who is employed by the Indian Health Service as a health care provider or RST Health Administration or Community Health Representative (CHR) Program or a paramedic with RST Ambulance Service, or
2. anyone who by memorandum of understanding, contract for services or other such agreement is performing services including but not limited to contact tracing and related investigations normally provided by the agencies stated in (1), or
3. persons appointed by resolution of the Tribal Council or declaration of the President who perform tasks such as contact tracing and other functions relating to communicable diseases such as COVID-19 and others.

Law Enforcement is defined as any tribally-commissioned officers, criminal investigators, corrections officers, federal officers, or U.S. Marshals.

It shall be a violation of this section for any person who willfully or intentionally:

1. lies, misleads, or otherwise provides information which he or she knows is false or not completely true to a law enforcement officer or a public health officer, or
2. refuses to provide information described in paragraph (a) above, or
3. refuses a directive of law enforcement or a public health officer to remain inside their residence or take some other measure calculated to protect the public from exposure to a communicable disease, or
4. disobeys a reasonable instruction by law enforcement officer or a public health official.

Failure to Cooperate with Law Enforcement or Public Health Official is a Class A Offense.