(1) Isolation or quarantine must be by the least restrictive means necessary to prevent the spread of a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease to others or to limit exposure to or contamination with a toxic substance by others, and may include, but is not limited to, confinement to private homes or other public or private premises.
(2) Confinement may not be in a prison, jail or other facility where those charged with a crime or a violation of a municipal ordinance are incarcerated unless:
(a) The person or group of persons represents an immediate and serious physical threat to the staff or physical facilities of a hospital or other facility in which the person or group of persons has been confined; or
(b) A person has been found in contempt of court because of failure to obey a court order.
(3) Isolated persons must be confined separately from quarantined persons. If a facility is not capable of separating isolated persons from quarantined persons, either the isolated persons or the quarantined persons must be moved to a separate facility.
(4) The health status of an isolated or quarantined person must be monitored regularly to determine if the person requires continued isolation or quarantine.
(5) A quarantined person who subsequently becomes infected or is reasonably believed to have become infected with a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease that the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator believes poses a significant threat to the health and safety of other quarantined persons must be promptly placed in isolation.
(6) An isolated or quarantined person must be released as soon as practicable when the Public Health Director or local public health administrator determines that the person has been successfully decontaminated or that the person no longer poses a substantial risk of transmitting a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease that would constitute a serious or imminent threat to the health and safety of others.
(7) The needs of a person who is isolated or quarantined must be addressed to the greatest extent practicable in a systematic and competent fashion, including, but not limited to, providing adequate food, medication, competent medical care, clothing, shelter and means of communication with other persons who are in isolation or quarantine and persons who are not under isolation or quarantine.
(8) Premises used for isolation or quarantine must, to the extent practicable, be maintained in a safe and hygienic manner to lessen the likelihood of further transmission of a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease or of further harm to persons who are isolated and quarantined.
(9) Cultural and religious beliefs should be considered to the extent practicable in addressing the needs of persons who are isolated or quarantined and in establishing and maintaining premises used for isolation or quarantine.
(10)(a) Isolation or quarantine shall not abridge the right of any person to rely exclusively on spiritual means to treat a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease in accordance with religious or other spiritual tenets and practices.
(b) Nothing in ORS 433.126 to 433.138, 433.142 and 433.466 prohibits a person who relies exclusively on spiritual means to treat a communicable disease or possibly communicable disease and who is infected with a communicable disease or has been exposed to a toxic substance from being isolated or quarantined in a private place of the person’s own choice, provided the private place is approved by the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator and the person who is isolated or quarantined complies with all laws, rules and regulations governing control, sanitation, isolation and quarantine.
(11) Prior to placing a person or group of persons subject to isolation or quarantine in a health care facility as defined in ORS 442.015, the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator must provide to the managers of the health care facility notice of the intention to seek authorization from the circuit court to place a person or group of persons in isolation or quarantine in the facility and must consult with the managers of the health care facility regarding how to best meet the requirements of this section.
(12) The Public Health Director or local public health administrator shall provide adequate means of communication between a person or a group of persons who is isolated or quarantined and legal counsel for the person or group of persons. [2007 c.445 §12; 2011 c.721 §5; 2015 c.736 §79]
Structure 2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 433 - Disease and Condition Control; Mass Gatherings; Indoor Air
Section 433.001 - Definitions for ORS 433.001 to 433.045 and 433.110 to 433.770.
Section 433.006 - Investigation and control measures; rules.
Section 433.008 - Confidentiality of disclosure; exceptions; privilege.
Section 433.009 - Reporting by law enforcement unit.
Section 433.017 - Test of blood of pregnant woman required; patient consent; rules.
Section 433.045 - Notice of HIV test required; exceptions.
Section 433.055 - Prevalence studies.
Section 433.060 - Definitions for ORS 433.060 to 433.080.
Section 433.065 - Procedures for HIV testing; rules.
Section 433.070 - Compliance with procedures required.
Section 433.075 - Responsibility for cost of test; confidentiality.
Section 433.080 - When test may be required; procedure to require test; rules.
Section 433.090 - Definitions for ORS 433.090 to 433.102.
Section 433.095 - Reporting information to registry; rules.
Section 433.096 - Receiving and disclosing registry information.
Section 433.100 - Parental consent not required for enrollment in registry; rules; fees.
Section 433.102 - Parental responsibility for immunization; medical or religious exemptions.
Section 433.104 - Use of immunization registry for potential catastrophic disease threat.
Section 433.126 - Notice to persons subject to order; rules.
Section 433.131 - Entry into premises used for isolation or quarantine; rules.
Section 433.136 - Consolidation of proceedings regarding isolation or quarantine.
Section 433.137 - Court records; disclosure.
Section 433.140 - Payment of isolation or quarantine expenses; assistance.
Section 433.142 - Petition for isolation of contaminated property; contents; hearing; court order.
Section 433.150 - Quarantine hospital; seizure, control of and compensation for emergency hospital.
Section 433.235 - Definitions for ORS 433.235 to 433.284.
Section 433.240 - Parental responsibility.
Section 433.245 - Advisory committee; membership.
Section 433.267 - Immunization of school children; rules; exceptions; effect of failure to comply.
Section 433.280 - Status of immunization records as public records.
Section 433.282 - Required immunizations at certain post-secondary educational institutions; rules.
Section 433.283 - Immunizations against measles for certain students at community colleges; rules.
Section 433.295 - Report of cases required; forms to be furnished.
Section 433.299 - Newborn Bloodspot Screening Advisory Board; members; term; meetings; reports.
Section 433.301 - Newborn nurse home visiting services program; rules.
Section 433.306 - Duty to administer vitamin; religious objection; effect of inability to pay.
Section 433.312 - Determining dosage; rules; notice to practitioners.
Section 433.318 - Newborn pulse oximetry screening; rules.
Section 433.323 - Newborn hearing screening test registry and tracking and recall system; rules.
Section 433.326 - Waiver of requirement of authorization to disclose information.
Section 433.327 - Limitation on liability for good faith disclosure.
Section 433.329 - Reporting known cases; records maintained.
Section 433.332 - Investigation and control of reported cases; rules.
Section 433.340 - Definitions for ORS 433.340 to 433.390.
Section 433.345 - Report of animal bites; rules; handling and disposition of animals.
Section 433.355 - Procedure to force compliance with ORS 433.350.
Section 433.360 - Report of rabies cases; quarantine.
Section 433.365 - Inoculation against rabies; rules; exception; costs.
Section 433.385 - Impoundment of animals; notice to owner; redeeming animal; disposition of animals.
Section 433.390 - County dog control fund; sources and uses.
Section 433.407 - Definitions for ORS 433.407 to 433.423.
Section 433.411 - Legislative finding.
Section 433.416 - When employer to provide preventive immunization.
Section 433.419 - Notice to employer and worker of exposure.
Section 433.423 - Content of rules.
Section 433.441 - Declaration of public health emergency.
Section 433.442 - Definitions for ORS 433.441 to 433.452.
Section 433.444 - Authority of Public Health Director during disease outbreak.
Section 433.449 - Disposal of human remains during state of public health emergency.
Section 433.466 - Right to legal counsel by persons subject to public health measure.
Section 433.502 - Definitions.
Section 433.507 - Legislative findings.
Section 433.511 - Public information program.
Section 433.517 - Field investigations and epidemiological studies.
Section 433.521 - Indoor air quality standards.
Section 433.526 - Public recognition program for compliance; rules.
Section 433.735 - Definitions for ORS 433.735 to 433.770.
Section 433.745 - Outdoor mass gathering without permit prohibited.
Section 433.760 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 433.770 - Enforcement.
Section 433.800 - Definitions for ORS 433.800 to 433.830.
Section 433.810 - Duties of Oregon Health Authority; rules.
Section 433.815 - Educational training.
Section 433.820 - Eligibility for training.
Section 433.830 - Immunity of trained person and institution rendering emergency assistance.
Section 433.835 - Definitions for ORS 433.835 to 433.875.