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NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC HEALTH LEGAL MANUAL § 1.12
[1.12] IV. ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE
[1.13] A. Definitions
[1.14] 1. State Sanitary Code
[1.15] a. Isolation
10 NYCRR § 2.25(d) [“separation from other persons, in such places,
under such conditions, and for such time, as will prevent transmission of
the infectious agent, of persons known to be ill or suspected of being
infected”].
[1.16] b. Quarantine
Quarantine of premises: 10 NYCRR § 2.25(e) [(1) “prohibition of
entrance into or exit from the premises, as designated by the health
officer, where a case of communicable disease exists of any person other
than medical attendants and such others as may be authorized by the
health officer; (2) prohibition, without permission and instruction from
the health officer, of the removal from such premises of any article liable
to contamination with infective material through contact with the patient
or with his secretions or excretions, unless such article has been disinfected”].
Personal quarantine: 10 NYCRR § 2.25(f) [“restricting household
contacts and/or incidental contacts to premises designated by the
health officer”].
[1.17] 2. New York City Health Code
[1.18] a. Isolation
Health Code [24 RCNY] § 11.01(o) [“the physical separation of persons
who have a contagious disease or are suspected of having a contagious
disease from other persons who do not have such contagious
disease”].
[1.19] b. Quarantine
Health Code [24 RCNY] § 11.01(q) [“the physical confinement, separation,
detention, or restriction of activities, including entry or exit to or
from premises or other places, of individuals who have been or are suspected
of having been exposed to a contagious disease or possibly conta-
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