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-.05 - Procedures for Implementing Isolation and Quarantine

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Issuance of Isolation or Quarantine
				Orders.
The isolation or quarantine of an individual or group, whether
				during a declared state of emergency or not, shall be conducted as follows:
(a) A written administrative order to isolate
				or quarantine an individual or group of individuals shall be issued when
				voluntary measures are deemed impracticable or ineffective. Orders shall become
				effective immediately upon issuance.
(b) Orders for isolation and quarantine may
				include, without limitation, confinement in a residence or other private or
				public premises including medical and non-medical facilities; conditions on
				travel or behavior; and exclusion of individuals or groups from certain places,
				including but not limited to school, workplace, public conveyances, and other
				places where members of the public may congregate; or a requirement that a
				person self-monitor specified health conditions (e.g., body temperature) and
				report their findings.
(c)
				Administrative orders to isolate or quarantine an individual or a group of
				individuals may be issued orally if delay in imposing the isolation or
				quarantine would pose a serious imminent danger to the public health. If an
				oral order is issued, a written order shall be issued as soon as is reasonably
				possible, but in no event later than 24 hours following the issuance of the
				oral order.
(d) A copy of the
				written order shall be personally delivered to the individual to be isolated or
				quarantined or, if that is not possible, by any means reasonably calculated to
				provide actual notice. If the order applies to a group of individuals and it is
				impractical to provide individual copies, the order shall be posted in a
				conspicuous place in the isolation or quarantine premises.
(e) The order of isolation or quarantine
				shall include the following:
1. Full name and
				address of person or description of the group subject to the order.
2. The clinical grounds for believing that
				the individual or group is infected with, or may have been exposed to, a
				communicable disease.
3. The
				location where the individual or group will be confined during the period of
				isolation or quarantine
4. The
				exact date and time when the period of isolation or quarantine will expire. If
				it is not possible to fix an exact date, then the order should specify the
				conditions or circumstances under which the individual or group would no longer
				pose a threat to the public health and confinement would end (e.g., the
				disappearance or absence of specified clinical symptoms.)
5. The conditions under which the individual
				or group will be isolated or quarantined.
6. Notice of right to challenge the isolation
				or quarantine.
(f) When
				individuals or groups are isolated or quarantined, whether through an
				administrative order or through voluntary compliance, the Department or county
				board of health shall determine what method and place of isolation or
				quarantine is appropriate based upon the suitability of an individual's home or
				other designated facility and the services available.
(g) To the greatest extent that it is
				possible to do so without jeopardizing the integrity of the isolation or
				quarantine, the authority issuing the isolation or quarantine order shall
				preserve and facilitate the ability of isolated and quarantined individuals to
				communicate with the outside world, and in particular to exchange confidential
				communications with legal and medical advisors of their choice.