§ 34-57. Quarantine and isolation.

The director of health is authorized to use isolation and/or quarantine measures for the control, containment or eradication of communicable diseases or disease vectors. These measures may be used on persons, animals, public or private property, or areas of land.

(1)

Persons who have been exposed to communicable diseases deemed reportable in section 34-53, or who are carriers of infections, or where there is sufficient evidence to cause the director to believe that they may be carriers of infection and represent a health threat to others, may be placed under isolation or quarantine restrictions. These restrictions may include removal to another public or private location, as may be deemed necessary until the nature of the disease has been determined or the communicability of the disease has ceased.

(2)

No physician, administrator or any other person may remove a person from isolation or quarantine or modify the restrictions of the isolation or quarantine without expressed written or verbal authorization from the director.

(3)

Persons infected with or suspected of being infected with tuberculosis shall be isolated or quarantined at a hospital, if deemed necessary.

(4)

The removal or transportation within or from the city, of persons subject to isolation or quarantine shall be done in compliance with the conditions, procedures and requirements established by the director for that person.

(5)

When isolation or quarantine restrictions apply to any public or private property, or area of land, the director may placard the public or private property, or area of land with conspicuous letters stating the name of the disease. The director is authorized to cause such public or private property, or area of land to be vacated by all persons and to prohibit unauthorized persons from entering in or out, except under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe. The isolation or quarantine restrictions shall continue and remain in effect until the director shall order them removed.

(6)

The director may prohibit the removal or other distribution of any food or property from any public or private property, or area of land under isolation or quarantine, and, if applicable, may direct the method of disinfection or destruction of such food or property.

(7)

It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to allow the director to place a placard on his/her property or property under his control or to endeavor to prevent the placing of the placard or to take down or remove such placard.

(8)

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions of this section.

(Ord. No. 170708 , § 1, 9-28-17)