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Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Public Health Emergency Quarantine Order (Revised Order Issued Aug. 26, 2021)

Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Public Health Emergency Quarantine Order

County of Los Angeles Health Officer · Los Angeles County Health Jurisdiction (County)

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Jurisdiction
Los Angeles County Health Jurisdiction · Los Angeles · California
Level
County
Authority
Cal. Health & Safety Code secs. 101040, 120175, 120215-120225 (quarantine powers)
Issued
2021-08-26 Aug. 26, 2021
Effective
2021-08-26; 'in effect until rescinded by the Health Officer' (read as 2021-08-26)
End
Superseded by later revisions (Oct. 2022 version archived); predecessor Dec. 17, 2020 version in force July 1-Aug. 25, 2021
In force
Aug. 26, 2021 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Quarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all residents who have been in close contact with a person diagnosed with COVID-19 (unless fully vaccinated or recovered within 90 days and asymptomatic)
Functions reached
  • WF workforce availability (exposed employees barred from the workplace 7-10 days)
  • HR
  • OP
Collection
Los Angeles MET-LA

Operative words

All individuals who reside in the Los Angeles County Health Jurisdiction who have been in close contact with a person who was diagnosed with COVID-19... are required to quarantine themselves... you are required to self-quarantine (stay in your home or another residence, away from others).... When you are in quarantine, you may not leave your place of quarantine, except to receive needed medical care... a) Your quarantine can end AFTER Day 10 from the last time you had contact with the infected person... b) Your quarantine can end AFTER Day 7 IF you have a negative viral test result

Enforcement

Cal. Health & Safety Code sec. 120295 (recited in the series); misdemeanor

Notes

Blanket order applying automatically to every exposed resident; the Aug. 26, 2021 version is the text in force for most of Q3 2021 and the version that supersedes the Dec. 17, 2020 order