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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 2017, chapter 778<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70676,"section_number":"32.1-48.06","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-48.06\/"}],"permalink":{"id":202097,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76345,"identifier":"32.1-48.08","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.08","url":"\/32.1-48.08\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-48.08\/","token":"32.1\/2\/3.02\/32.1-48.08","dublin_core":{"Title":"Declaration of quarantine","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-48.08","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The State Health Commissioner<\/span> may declare a quarantine<\/span> of any person or persons<\/span> or any affected area<\/span> after he finds that the quarantine<\/span> is the necessary means to contain a communicable disease of public health threat<\/span> as defined in § 32.1-48.06<\/a> to which such person or persons<\/span> or the people of an affected area<\/span> have been or may have been exposed and thus may become infected. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The State Health Commissioner<\/span> shall record his findings<\/span> and any information on which he has relied in making the finding<\/span> required for quarantine<\/span> pursuant to subsection A. The State Health Commissioner<\/span>’s record of findings<\/span> concerning any communicable disease of public health threat<\/span> shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed in accordance with subdivision 12 of § 2.2-3705.5<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The State Health Commissioner<\/span> may order<\/span> the quarantined person or persons<\/span> to remain in their residences, to remain in another place where they are present, or to report to a place or places designated by the State Health Commissioner<\/span> for the duration of their quarantine<\/span>. An electronic device may be used to enforce any such quarantine<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span>’s order<\/span> of quarantine<\/span> shall be for a duration consistent with the known incubation period for such disease or, if the incubation period is unknown, for a period anticipated as being consistent with the incubation period for other similar infectious agents. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDECLARATION OF QUARANTINE (\u00a7 32.1-48.08)\n\nA. The State Health Commissioner may declare a quarantine of any person or\npersons or any affected area after he finds that the quarantine is the necessary\nmeans to contain a communicable disease of public health threat as defined in\n§ 32.1-48.06 to which such person or persons or the people of an affected\narea have been or may have been exposed and thus may become infected.\n\nB. The State Health Commissioner shall record his findings and any information\non which he has relied in making the finding required for quarantine pursuant to\nsubsection A. The State Health Commissioner’s record of findings\nconcerning any communicable disease of public health threat shall be\nconfidential and shall not be disclosed in accordance with subdivision 12 of\n§ 2.2-3705.5.\n\nC. The State Health Commissioner may order the quarantined person or persons to\nremain in their residences, to remain in another place where they are present,\nor to report to a place or places designated by the State Health Commissioner\nfor the duration of their quarantine. An electronic device may be used to\nenforce any such quarantine. The Commissioner’s order of quarantine shall\nbe for a duration consistent with the known incubation period for such disease\nor, if the incubation period is unknown, for a period anticipated as being\nconsistent with the incubation period for other similar infectious agents.\n\nHISTORY: 2004, cc. 773, 1021; 2017, c. 778.","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}}