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This law was first created in 2004. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 773<\/a> and 1021<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2007, chapters 699<\/a> and 783<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74490,"section_number":"15.2-1704","catch_line":"Powers and duties of police force","order_by":null,"url":"\/15.2-1704\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59474,"section_number":"32.1-27","catch_line":"Penalties, injunctions, civil penalties and charges for violations","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-27\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202069,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63430,"identifier":"32.1-48.014","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.014","url":"\/32.1-48.014\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.014\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.014","dublin_core":{"Title":"Enforcement of orders of quarantine or isolation; penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.014","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any person<\/span> who does not comply with a validly issued order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or order<\/span> of isolation<\/span> issued or prepared pursuant to this article shall be subject to the penalties provided in § 32.1-27<\/a>, including, upon conviction<\/span>, a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span> and payment of civil penalties. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span> shall be enforced by law<\/span>-enforcement agencies, as directed by the State Health Commissioner<\/span>. Any enforcement authority directed to law<\/span>-enforcement agencies by the Commissioner<\/span> shall expressly include, but need not be limited to, the power to detain<\/span> or arrest<\/span> any person or persons<\/span> identified as in violation of any order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>, or for whom probable cause<\/span> exists that he may fail or refuse to comply with any such order<\/span>.\n\t\t\tAny person or persons<\/span> so detained shall be held in the least restrictive environment that can provide any required health care or other services for such person. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Every attorney for the Commonwealth shall have the duty to prosecute<\/span>, without delay, any violation of this chapter in accordance with the penalties set forth in § 32.1-27<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 264 et seq. and 42 C.F.R. Parts 70 and 71, any order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span> issued by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention affecting the Commonwealth or the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority may be enforced by local law<\/span>-enforcement officers or officers of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority with jurisdiction<\/span> over the facility involved in the quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span> order<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS OF QUARANTINE OR ISOLATION; PENALTIES (\u00a7 32.1-48.014)\n\nA. Any person who does not comply with a validly issued order of quarantine or\norder of isolation issued or prepared pursuant to this article shall be subject\nto the penalties provided in § 32.1-27, including, upon conviction, a Class\n1 misdemeanor and payment of civil penalties.\n\nB. Any order of quarantine or isolation shall be enforced by law-enforcement\nagencies, as directed by the State Health Commissioner. Any enforcement\nauthority directed to law-enforcement agencies by the Commissioner shall\nexpressly include, but need not be limited to, the power to detain or arrest any\nperson or persons identified as in violation of any order of quarantine or\nisolation, or for whom probable cause exists that he may fail or refuse to\ncomply with any such order.\n\t\t\tAny person or persons so detained shall be held in the least restrictive\nenvironment that can provide any required health care or other services for such\nperson.\n\nC. Every attorney for the Commonwealth shall have the duty to prosecute, without\ndelay, any violation of this chapter in accordance with the penalties set forth\nin § 32.1-27.\n\nD. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 264 et seq. and 42 C.F.R. Parts 70 and 71, any\norder of quarantine or isolation issued by the Director of the Centers for\nDisease Control and Prevention affecting the Commonwealth or the Metropolitan\nWashington Airports Authority may be enforced by local law-enforcement officers\nor officers of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority with jurisdiction\nover the facility involved in the quarantine or isolation order.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 773, 1021; 2007, cc. 699, 783.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}