Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-1-5 - General provisions for isolation or quarantine of persons afflicted with infectious or contagious disease; examination of persons; collection of specimens
(a) When the
conditions of isolation and quarantine are not otherwise specified by
regulation, the isolation and quarantine of persons afflicted with or exposed
to infectious or contagious diseases shall be ordered and enforced by the local
health officer or the secretary of health and environment to preserve the
public health, safety, or welfare. The conditions of isolation or quarantine so
ordered shall be based on current medical knowledge of the infectious agent of
the disease for which isolation or quarantine is ordered and may include
consideration of the following factors:
(1)
The incubation period;
(2) the
communicable period;
(3) the mode
of transmission; and
(4)
susceptibility.
(b)
Isolation or quarantine, or both, shall be ordered in conjunction with
investigation of infectious or contagious disease cases and outbreaks for
examining persons reasonably suspected of having these diseases and for
obtaining specimens from these persons for laboratory evidence suggestive of
infectious or contagious disease.
Notes
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