§ 35-4-115 — Definitions

(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Public health emergency" means an occurrence or
imminent threat of an illness or health condition caused by an
epidemic or pandemic disease, a novel and highly fatal
infectious agent or a biological toxin that poses a substantial
risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of
permanent or long-term disability. The governor shall declare
when a public health emergency exists or has ended;
(ii) "Quarantine" means:
(A) The physical separation and confinement of
an individual or group of individuals that has been, or may have
been, exposed to, or is reasonably believed to be infected with,
a contagious or possibly contagious disease, from nonquarantined
individuals, to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease
to nonquarantined individuals;
(B) The isolation of a geographic area where
individuals are located who have been or are reasonably believed
to have been exposed to or infected by a contagious or possibly
contagious disease; or
(C) The physical separation and confinement of
an individual or group of individuals or the isolation of a
geographic area where a public health emergency of unknown
effect has occurred or is reasonably believed to have occurred.
Division 2. Sexually Transmitted Diseases