Part 3 — Communicable Diseases and Public Health Emergencies
33 Effect of isolation or quarantine
requires isolation or quarantine as prescribed in the regulations, the
person shall be isolated or quarantined in a hospital or other place
approved for the purpose by a medical officer of health.
(2) No person who is suffering from a communicable disease for
which isolation or quarantine is required under the regulations shall
remain or be permitted to remain in any public place, other than a
hospital or other place approved under subsection (1), unless a
medical officer of health is satisfied that the presence of the person
in the public place would involve no risk to the public health.
(2.1) and (2.2) Repealed RSA 2000 cP-37 s77.
(3) Where a person is isolated or quarantined in
(a) a social care facility,
(a.1) a supportive living accommodation as defined in the
Continuing Care Act,
(b) a food handling establishment, or
(c) living accommodation attached to a social care facility,
supportive living accommodation or food handling
establishment,
a medical officer of health may, by notice to the owner of the social
care facility, supportive living accommodation or food handling
establishment, order the owner not to operate or permit the
operation of the social care facility, supportive living
accommodation or food handling establishment until
decontamination of the social care facility, supportive living
accommodation or food handling establishment is completed.
(4) Where a person is isolated or quarantined in a place under
circumstances that require terminal decontamination, a medical
officer of health may, by notice to the owner of the place, order the
owner to refuse entry to the place to any person other than
(a) an executive officer,
(b) a medical officer of health, or
RSA 2000
(c) a person with the consen t of an executive officer or a
medical officer of health
until decontamination is completed.
RSA 2000 cP-37 ss33,77;2009 cS-23.5 s26;2016 c25 s15;
2020 c13 s12;2020 c27 s10;2022 cC-26.7 s77