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Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Public Health Emergency Quarantine Order (Date Order Issued Apr. 1, 2020)

Health Officer Order for the Control of COVID-19: Public Health Emergency Quarantine Order (supersedes the Mar. 25, 2020 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
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-01; in effect until rescinded in writing (read as 2020-04-01)
End
Revised May 1, July 2020, Oct.-Dec. 2020 (Dec. 17, 2020 version), Aug. 26, 2021 (Ex. MET-LA-021) (read as 2020-12-17)
In force
Apr. 1, 2020 to Dec. 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Quarantine and isolation
Addressees
  • all persons in close contact with a person diagnosed with or likely to have COVID-19
Functions reached
  • WF 14-day exclusion of exposed employees
  • HR
  • OP
Collection
Los Angeles MET-LA

Operative words

This Order supersedes the March 25, 2020 Public Health Emergency Quarantine Order.... Be quarantined in their home or another residence until 14 days from the last contact... Individuals are required to quarantine themselves for the entire 14-day COVID-19 incubation period... Quarantined persons may not leave their place of quarantine or enter any other public or private place during the period of quarantine

Enforcement

Cal. Health & Safety Code sec. 120295

Notes

The 14-day blanket quarantine that governed every workplace exposure in the County from Mar. 25, 2020 through 2020