SECTION 310:521-7-3. Isolation or quarantine

(a)   Isolation. The Commissioner may issue an order for the isolation of any individual or group of individuals upon determination:

(1)   That such individual or individuals who are reasonably known or suspected to have a communicable disease constituting a biologic public health threat and who remain within the transmission period for said disease; and

(2)   That isolation is the necessary means to control the spread of the agent and the disease constituting a biologic public health threat.

(b)   Quarantine. The Commissioner may issue an order for the quarantine of any individual or group of individuals upon determination:

(1)   That such individual or individuals who are reasonably known or suspected to have been exposed to a communicable disease constituting a biologic public health threat and who remain within the incubation period for said disease; and

(2)   That quarantine is the necessary means to contain the communicable disease constituting a biologic public health threat to which an individual or individuals have been or may have been exposed.

(c)   Affected area. The Commissioner may issue an order for the quarantine of a facility, complex, or campus including but not limited to an apartment complex, dormitory, health care facility, hotel, correctional facility, or the individuals therein.

[Source: Added at 25 Ok Reg 1148, eff 5-25-08]