Indiana § 16-41-9-1.6 Actions of public health authority in event of quarantine

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-41-9-1.6 — Actions of public health authority in event of quarantine

Indiana § 16-41-9-1.6

Title 16HEALTH

Art. 41PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE

Ch. 9Communicable Disease: Imposition of Restrictions on

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Ind. Code § 16-41-9-1.6 (2026).

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(a)A public health authority may impose or petition a court to impose a quarantine and do the following:

(1)Distribute information to the public concerning:

(A)the risks of the disease;

(B)how the disease is transmitted;

(C)available precautions to reduce the risk of contracting the disease;

(D)the symptoms of the disease; and

(E)available medical or nonmedical treatments available for the disease.

(2)Instruct the public concerning social distancing.

(3)Request that the public inform the public health authority or a law enforcement agency if a family member contracts the disease.

(4)Instruct the public on self quarantine and provide a distinctive means of identifying a home that is self quarantined.

(5)Instruct the public on the use of masks, gloves, disinfectant, and other m

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6. (a) A public health authority may impose
or petition a court to impose a quarantine and do the following:
(1) Distribute information to the public concerning:
(A) the risks of the disease;
(B) how the disease is transmitted;
(C) available precautions to reduce the risk of contracting the
disease;
(D) the symptoms of the disease; and
(E) available medical or nonmedical treatments available for
the disease.
(2) Instruct the public concerning social distancing.
(3) Request that the public inform the public health authority or
a law enforcement agency if a family member contracts the
disease.
(4) Instruct the public on self quarantine and provide a distinctive
means of identifying a home that is self quarantined.
(5) Instruct the public on the use of masks, gloves, disinfectant,
and other means of reducing exposure to the disease.
(6) Close schools, athletic events, and other nonessential
situations in which people gather.
If a quarantine is imposed under section 1.5 of this chapter, the public
health authority shall ensure that, to the extent possible, quarantined
individuals have sufficient supplies to remain in their own home.
(b) If an out of home, nonhospital quarantine is imposed on an
individual, the individual shall be housed as close as possible to the
individual's residence.
(c) In exercising the powers described in this section or in section
1.5 of this chapter, the public health authority may not prohibit a
person lawfully permitted to possess a firearm from possessing one (1)
or more firearms unless the person is quarantined in a mass quarantine
location. The public health authority may not remove a firearm from
the person's home, even if the person is quarantined in a mass
quarantine location.
(d) This section does not prohibit a public health authority from
adopting rules and enforcing rules to implement this section if the rules
are not inconsistent with this section.