[R.O. 1996 § 245.010; CC 1968 § 10-2; Ord. No. 4035 § 1, 2-20-2007]
A. When information is given to the City by
a physician or other competent person that a public health emergency
exists and a delay would significantly jeopardize the City's ability
to prevent or limit the transmission of a contagious or possibly contagious
disease to others or the spread of a biological toxin or infectious
agent, the Mayor or in the Mayor's absence the Mayor Pro Tempore or
in both of their absences the City Administrator or acting City Administrator
shall have the power to declare a public health emergency and order
the Chief of Police or designee to immediately isolate or quarantine
any person residing or temporarily stopping in the City that has or
may have a contagious or infectious disease or may have been exposed
to the same or may have been exposed to a biological toxin or infectious
agent by ordering said parties or household where such disease, biological
toxin or infectious agent may be or have been to remain within designated
enclosures or to isolate themselves from non-exposed persons, as may
be designated or ordered by the Chief of Police or officers of the
City's Police, until such persons, parties or household may be relieved
by order of the City or other proper authority.
B. For the purposes of this Section, a "public
health emergency" is an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness
or health condition that:
1.
Is believed to be caused by any of
the following:
b.
The appearance of a novel or previously
controlled or eradicated infectious agent or biological toxin;
d.
A chemical attack or accidental release;
or
e.
A nuclear attack or accident; and
2.
Poses a high probability of any of
the following harms:
a.
A large number of deaths in the affected
population;
b.
A large number of serious or long-term
disabilities in the affected population; or
c.
Widespread exposure to an infectious
or toxic agent that poses a significant risk of substantial future
harm to a large number of people in the affected population.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.020; CC 1968 § 10-3; Ord. No. 4035 § 2, 2-20-2007]
When it becomes the duty of the Chief
of Police to forbid any such person from leaving their premises or
to remain in isolation in accordance with the preceding Section, they
shall, to the extent possible, make suitable and sufficient provision
for their care, including, but not limited to, adequate food, clothing,
shelter, means of communication, sanitary conditions and ability to
observe their cultural and religious beliefs, said parties to furnish
the necessary funds to the Chief of Police thereof.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.030; CC 1968 § 10-4; Ord. No. 4035 § 3, 2-20-2007]
A. The Chief of Police shall see that Sections
245.010 through
245.050 are enforced and forbid any and all persons from passing in or out of said quarantined premises or isolation areas unless under direction of the public health authority or a physician in charge of the quarantine or isolation.
B. It shall be unlawful to:
1.
Refuse to comply with any isolation
or quarantine order issued by the City or Chief of Police;
2.
Knowingly put themselves in contact
with any person subject to isolation or quarantine;
3.
Fail to report or knowingly conceal
a case of infectious, contagious, communicable or dangerous disease
or an infectious agent or biological toxin;
4.
Refuse to cooperate with the City,
the Chief of Police or any Law Enforcement Officer either in their
investigation of or their response to an actual or threatened outbreak;
5.
Remove, destroy or obstruct from
view any quarantine card or notice.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.040; CC 1968 § 10-5; Ord. No. 4035 § 4, 2-20-2007]
The City Council may make regulations
for the prevention of the introduction of contagious diseases in the
City and for the abatement of the same within the City, and may make
quarantine and isolation laws and enforce the same within five (5)
miles of the City.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.050; CC 1968 § 10-6; Ord. No. 4035 § 5, 2-20-2007]
Nothing in Sections
245.020 through
245.040 shall prevent or prohibit the attendance of a physician to persons quarantined or in isolation.
[R.O. 1996 § 245.055; Ord. No. 4035 § 6, 2-20-2007; Ord. No. 4589 § 3 3-21-2016]
An individual or group of individuals ordered quarantined or isolated may appeal such order in accordance with the procedure set forth in Chapter
140 of the City Code for a determination as to why they should not be released. If the Hearing Officer finds no cause for continued isolation or quarantine, the applicant(s) shall be released from quarantine or isolation. Those isolated or quarantined, who feel that there are breaches of the isolation or quarantine order, may appeal such actions in the same manner as for release.