Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 511 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Chapter 511-9 - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS › Subject 511-9-1 - ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE › Rule 511-9-1-.02 - Definitions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
"Commissioner"
means the Commissioner of the Department of Public
				Health.
(2)
"Communicable
				Disease
" means an infectious disease that can be transmitted from one
				individual to another.
(3)
"County Board of Health"
means a county board of health organized
				pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
									31-3-1
et
				seq.
(4)
"Department"
means the Department of Public Health.
(5)
"District Health Director"
means a physician who has been appointed and approved in accordance with
				O.C.G.A. §
									31-3-15 to  act as the chief executive officer of the county boards of health within a
				Public Health District.
(6)
"Epidemic
" means an outbreak, or rise in incidence rate, or spread
				of incidence of a contagious or infectious disease so as to constitute a clear
				and present risk of infection to the public at large or to congregated groups
				thereof.
(7)
"Isolate"
means to separate, confine, or restrict the movement of persons who are
				infected with a communicable disease.
(8)
"Pandemic"
means an epidemic
				occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international
				boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people.
(9)
"Public Health District"
means the geographical districts established in accordance with O.C.G.A. §
									31-3-15.
(10)
"Public health emergency"
means a declaration of emergency by the Governor due to the occurrence or
				imminent threat of an illness or health condition that is believed to be caused
				by bioterrorism, or the appearance of a novel, previously controlled, or
				eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin, which poses a high probability
				of a large number of deaths in the affected population, a large number of
				serious or long-term disabilities in the affected population, or widespread
				exposure to an infectious or toxic agent that poses a significant risk of
				future harm to a large number of people in the affected population.
(11)
"Pandemic influenza
				emergency"
means a declaration of emergency by the Governor following a
				declaration by the World Health Organization of at least a Phase 5 Pandemic
				Alert for influenza occurring in the United States or the State of Georgia, or
				a declaration by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of at least a
				Category 2 Pandemic Severity Index for influenza occurring in the United States
				or the State of Georgia.
(12)
"Quarantine"
means to separate, confine, or restrict the movement
				of persons who were or may have been exposed to a communicable
				disease.
(13)
"Social
				Distancing"
means the measures taken whether voluntarily or under an
				administrative or judicial order to limit or prevent the spread of disease or
				exposure to toxic conditions. Such measures may include exclusion policies,
				isolation, quarantine, curfew, partial or complete closure of facilities
				including places of business, whether public or private, and restriction of
				movement, including the closing of borders.
(14)
"State of Emergency"
means
				the formal declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor in accordance
				with Code Section
				 38-3-51(a).
(15)
"Surveillance
" means the
				continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of
				health-related data needed for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of
				public health practice. Surveillance may include monitoring the health of
				individuals or groups, and may include mandatory reporting by health care
				providers and others.
O.C.G.A. §§
										31-2A-4,  31-3-1,  31-3-15,  31-12-2.1,  31-12-3,  31-12-4,  38-3-3,  38-3-51.