{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/32.1-48.07.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/32.1-48.07.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/32.1-48.07.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/32.1-48.07.html"}],"law_id":79292,"edition_id":1,"section_id":79292,"structure_id":14328,"section_number":"32.1-48.07","catch_line":"Conditions for invoking the provisions of this article","history":"2004, cc. 773, 1021.","full_text":"A\n\nPrior to issuing any order of quarantine or any order of isolation pursuant to this article, the State Health Commissioner shall ensure that:1\n\nAny quarantine or isolation is implemented in the least restrictive environment necessary to contain the communicable disease of public health threat;2\n\nAny quarantined persons shall be confined separately from any isolated persons, to the maximum extent practicable;3\n\nUpon determining that any quarantined person can be reasonably believed to have become infected with a communicable disease of public health threat, the infected person shall be promptly removed from quarantine and placed in isolation;4\n\nThe health and disease status of any quarantined and isolated persons shall be monitored regularly to determine if such persons require continued quarantine or isolation;5\n\nAny quarantined or isolated persons shall be immediately released from quarantine or isolation upon a determination by the State Health Commissioner that such quarantined or isolated persons pose no risk of transmitting the communicable disease of public health threat to other persons; and6\n\nThe site of any quarantine or isolation shall be, to the extent practicable, safely and hygienically maintained with adequate food, clothing, health care, and other essential needs made available to the persons who are subject to any order of quarantine or isolation.B\n\nAll persons subject to an order of quarantine or an order of isolation shall comply with the order and the conditions governing their quarantine or isolation.C\n\nIn the case of any person who has been quarantined or isolated in a location other than a medical care facility, the State Health Commissioner shall authorize health care professionals to enter the premises of quarantine or isolation. No person, other than such authorized health care professionals, shall enter the premises of quarantine or isolation, unless authorized by the State Health Commissioner. 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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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":202093,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79292,"identifier":"32.1-48.07","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.07","url":"\/32.1-48.07\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.07\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.07","dublin_core":{"Title":"Conditions for invoking the provisions of this article","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.07","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Prior to issuing any order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or any order<\/span> of isolation<\/span> pursuant to this article, the State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall ensure that: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Any quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span> is implemented in the least restrictive environment necessary to contain the communicable disease of public health threat<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Any quarantined persons<\/span> shall be confined separately from any isolated persons<\/span>, to the maximum extent practicable; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Upon determining that any quarantined person<\/span> can be reasonably believed to have become infected with a communicable disease of public health threat<\/span>, the infected person<\/span> shall be promptly removed from quarantine<\/span> and placed in isolation<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The health and disease status of any quarantined and isolated persons<\/span> shall be monitored regularly to determine if such persons<\/span> require continued quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Any quarantined or isolated persons<\/span> shall be immediately released from quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span> upon a determination by the State Health Commissioner<\/span> that such quarantined or isolated persons<\/span> pose no risk of transmitting the communicable disease of public health threat<\/span> to other persons<\/span>; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> The site of any quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span> shall be, to the extent practicable, safely and hygienically maintained with adequate food, clothing, health care, and other essential needs made available to the persons<\/span> who are subject to any order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> All persons<\/span> subject to an order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> or an order<\/span> of isolation<\/span> shall comply with the order<\/span> and the conditions governing their quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> In the case of any person<\/span> who has been quarantined or isolated in a location other than a medical care facility<\/span>, the State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall authorize health care professionals to enter the premises of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>. No person<\/span>, other than such authorized health care professionals, shall enter the premises of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>, unless authorized by the State Health Commissioner<\/span>. Upon determining that any person<\/span>, who has entered the premises of quarantine<\/span> or isolation<\/span>, poses a threat to public health and safety, the State Health Commissioner<\/span> may quarantine<\/span> or isolate such person<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONDITIONS FOR INVOKING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE (\u00a7 32.1-48.07)\n\nA. Prior to issuing any order of quarantine or any order of isolation pursuant\nto this article, the State Health Commissioner shall ensure that:\n\n 1. Any quarantine or isolation is implemented in the least restrictive\n environment necessary to contain the communicable disease of public health\n threat;\n\n 2. Any quarantined persons shall be confined separately from any isolated\n persons, to the maximum extent practicable;\n\n 3. Upon determining that any quarantined person can be reasonably believed to\n have become infected with a communicable disease of public health threat, the\n infected person shall be promptly removed from quarantine and placed in\n isolation;\n\n 4. The health and disease status of any quarantined and isolated persons shall\n be monitored regularly to determine if such persons require continued\n quarantine or isolation;\n\n 5. Any quarantined or isolated persons shall be immediately released from\n quarantine or isolation upon a determination by the State Health Commissioner\n that such quarantined or isolated persons pose no risk of transmitting the\n communicable disease of public health threat to other persons; and\n\n 6. The site of any quarantine or isolation shall be, to the extent\n practicable, safely and hygienically maintained with adequate food, clothing,\n health care, and other essential needs made available to the persons who are\n subject to any order of quarantine or isolation.\n\nB. All persons subject to an order of quarantine or an order of isolation shall\ncomply with the order and the conditions governing their quarantine or\nisolation.\n\nC. In the case of any person who has been quarantined or isolated in a location\nother than a medical care facility, the State Health Commissioner shall\nauthorize health care professionals to enter the premises of quarantine or\nisolation. No person, other than such authorized health care professionals,\nshall enter the premises of quarantine or isolation, unless authorized by the\nState Health Commissioner. Upon determining that any person, who has entered the\npremises of quarantine or isolation, poses a threat to public health and safety,\nthe State Health Commissioner may quarantine or isolate such person.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 773, 1021.","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}}