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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79292</law_id><section_number>32.1-48.07</section_number><catch_line>Conditions for invoking the provisions of this article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2">Disease Prevention and Control</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3.02">Quarantine and Isolation of Persons With Communicable Diseases of Public Health Threat</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Prior to issuing any <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or any <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">isolation</span> pursuant to this article, the State Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall ensure that: <a id="paragraph-283887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span> is implemented in the least restrictive environment necessary to contain the <span class="dictionary">communicable disease of public health threat</span>; <a id="paragraph-283888" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any quarantined <span class="dictionary">persons</span> shall be confined separately from any isolated <span class="dictionary">persons</span>, to the maximum extent practicable; <a id="paragraph-283889" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Upon determining that any quarantined <span class="dictionary">person</span> can be reasonably believed to have become infected with a <span class="dictionary">communicable disease of public health threat</span>, the infected <span class="dictionary">person</span> shall be promptly removed from <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> and placed in <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>; <a id="paragraph-283890" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The health and disease status of any quarantined and isolated <span class="dictionary">persons</span> shall be monitored regularly to determine if such <span class="dictionary">persons</span> require continued <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>; <a id="paragraph-283891" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Any quarantined or isolated <span class="dictionary">persons</span> shall be immediately released from <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span> upon a determination by the State Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> that such quarantined or isolated <span class="dictionary">persons</span> pose no risk of transmitting the <span class="dictionary">communicable disease of public health threat</span> to other <span class="dictionary">persons</span>; and <a id="paragraph-283892" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The site of any <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">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 <span class="dictionary">persons</span> who are subject to any <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>. <a id="paragraph-283893" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All <span class="dictionary">persons</span> subject to an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of <span class="dictionary">isolation</span> shall comply with the <span class="dictionary">order</span> and the conditions governing their <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>. <a id="paragraph-283894" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In the case of any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who has been quarantined or isolated in a location other than a <span class="dictionary">medical care facility</span>, the State Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> shall authorize health care professionals to enter the premises of <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>. No <span class="dictionary">person</span>, other than such authorized health care professionals, shall enter the premises of <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>, unless authorized by the State Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. Upon determining that any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, who has entered the premises of <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or <span class="dictionary">isolation</span>, poses a threat to public health and safety, the State Health <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> may <span class="dictionary">quarantine</span> or isolate such <span class="dictionary">person</span>. <a id="paragraph-283895" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-48.07/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, cc. 773, 1021.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
