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Quarantine - 3 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2329

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     § 2329.  Quarantine.
        (a)  Power to establish and enforce.--Whenever a dangerous
     transmissible disease or contamination by hazardous substances
     exists anywhere within or outside of this Commonwealth, or
     whenever it is deemed advisable to test or treat any domestic
     animal upon the reasonable suspicion that it has contracted or
     been exposed to a dangerous transmissible disease or is
     contaminated with a hazardous substance, or whenever the testing
     or treatment of a domestic animal indicates that the domestic
     animal has been exposed to a dangerous transmissible disease or
     contaminated with a hazardous substance so as to render future
     accurate testing for recent exposure of that domestic animal to
     that dangerous transmissible disease or hazardous substance
     impractical or impossible, the department shall have the power
     to establish and enforce quarantines of any such infected,
     exposed, contaminated, suspected or susceptible domestic animal.
     In addition to the aforedescribed domestic animals, a quarantine
     may apply to any goods, products, facilities, containers,
     vehicles or materials that may carry dangerous transmissible
     disease or that may be contaminated with a hazardous substance
     and may be applied on or in or against any premises, area or
     locality as defined in this chapter.
        (b)  Type and duration.--Quarantines shall be of three kinds:
            (1)  interstate and/or international;
            (2)  general; and
            (3)  special;
     and shall continue in effect for such lengths of time as the
     department deems necessary or advisable.
        (c)  Interstate and international quarantines.--
            (1)  An interstate or international quarantine may be
        established and enforced by order of the department against
        any place or places outside this Commonwealth for any of the
        reasons set forth in subsection (a) or where dangerous
        transmissible diseases or hazardous substances are reported
        to exist. An interstate or international quarantine order may
        prohibit the bringing of any domestic animals, conveyances,
        containers, goods, products or materials into this
        Commonwealth except in accordance with the requirements set
        forth in the quarantine order. The order may require the
        quarantine, testing, treatment, killing or other disposition
        of any domestic animal brought into this Commonwealth in
        violation of the order and may require the quarantine,
        disinfection or destruction of goods, products, conveyances,
        materials or containers brought into this Commonwealth in
        violation of the order. The order may also require that a
        person importing domestic animals in violation of the order
        bear the expenses of postentry requirements of this chapter.
            (2)  An interstate or international quarantine shall be
        established by order of the department and shall be effective
        as of the date of actual or constructive notice of the order
        or any later date specified in that order.
            (3)  Notices and copies of the order establishing an
        interstate or international quarantine shall be advertised in
        the Pennsylvania Bulletin within 20 days of the date of the
        order, in at least one newspaper of general circulation
        within this Commonwealth and in at least one newspaper of
        general circulation in the state(s) or nation(s) against
        which the quarantine is directed. Publication in the
        Pennsylvania Bulletin shall effect constructive notice. The
        department shall, if practicable, mail or deliver notice and
        a copy of the quarantine order to the governmental agency or
        agencies overseeing agricultural affairs in the state(s) or
        nation(s) against which the quarantine is directed. The
        quarantine order may be enforced prior to such publication or
        distribution.
        (d)  General quarantines.--
            (1)  A general quarantine may be established and enforced
        by order of the department against any area or locality
        within this Commonwealth for any of the reasons set forth in
        subsection (a) to prevent a dangerous transmissible disease
        or a domestic animal contaminated by a hazardous substance
        from being carried into, within, from or out of the area or
        locality that is subject to the quarantine. A general
        quarantine order may include any domestic animals,
        conveyances, containers, goods, products or materials that
        may carry dangerous transmissible disease or domestic animals
        that are contaminated with a hazardous substance and may
        include any area or locality, including all buildings,
        structures, premises and equipment located therein.
            (2)  A general quarantine shall be established by order
        of the department and shall be effective as of the date of
        actual or constructive notice of the order or any later date
        specified in that order.
            (3)  Notices and copies of the order establishing a
        general quarantine shall be advertised in the Pennsylvania
        Bulletin within 20 days of the date of the order and in at
        least one newspaper of general circulation within the area or
        locality subject to the quarantine. Publication in the
        Pennsylvania Bulletin shall effect constructive notice. The
        quarantine order may be enforced prior to such publication.
        (e)  Special quarantines.--
            (1)  A special quarantine may be established and enforced
        by order of the department against any premises, domestic
        animals, conveyances, containers, goods, products or
        materials situated within this Commonwealth for any of the
        reasons set forth in subsection (a) or whenever it is deemed
        necessary or advisable by the department to prevent or
        control the spread of a dangerous transmissible disease;
        control a domestic animal contaminated by a hazardous
        substance; control any domestic animal; examine or disinfect
        or regulate the use of any premises, materials, conveyances,
        goods, containers or products; or destroy or dispose of the
        carcass of any dead domestic animal.
            (2)  A special quarantine shall be established by the
        posting of a quarantine order describing the domestic animal
        or domestic animals and any conveyances, containers, goods,
        materials, products or premises covered by the special
        quarantine. The quarantine notice shall be conspicuously
        posted so as to alert any visitor to the quarantined premises
        of the probable presence of a dangerous transmissible disease
        or domestic animals contaminated by hazardous substances.
            (3)  If practicable, the department shall serve a copy of
        the special quarantine order upon the owner or caretaker of
        the domestic animals, premises or other property subject to
        the order. The department shall have authority to make
        available to interested persons the names and locations of
        premises subject to special quarantine.
        (f)  Violations of quarantine.--
            (1)  It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer
        for sale, lease, lend, exchange, give away, transfer, remove
        or allow to be removed any animals or animal products, goods,
        materials, containers, conveyances or other articles that are
        the subject of a general or special quarantine order under
        this section without first obtaining the written permission
        of the department to do so.
            (2)  It shall be unlawful for any person to allow a
        domestic animal that is the subject of a general or special
        quarantine order under this section to stray beyond the
        quarantined premises, area or locality.
            (3)  It shall be unlawful for any person to transfer
        ownership of any animal or animal product that is the subject
        of a general or special quarantine order under this section
        without first notifying the prospective or actual transferee
        of the quarantine order and the reasons for the imposition of
        quarantine.
            (4)  It shall be unlawful for any person to use or
        prepare as food for humans or domestic animals any domestic
        animal or domestic animal product that is the subject of a
        general or special quarantine order under this section
        without first obtaining the written permission of the
        department to do so. Such permission shall be granted in
        accordance with any applicable guidelines established by the
        department.
            (5)  It shall be unlawful for any person to tear, deface,
        destroy, remove, conceal or alter in any way any notice of
        quarantine posted by the department or to remove or destroy,
        partially or wholly, any portion of a building, tree, fence
        or other object to which a notice of quarantine has been
        posted by the department.
            (6)  It shall be unlawful for any person to bring into
        this Commonwealth any domestic animals, containers, goods,
        products, conveyances or materials that are the subject of an
        interstate or international quarantine order under this
        section.
            (7)  It shall be unlawful for any person to impede,
        hinder or interfere with the department entering upon
        premises or elsewhere in the performance of duties imposed by
        this subchapter.
            (8)  It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any
        provision of a quarantine order issued under this section.

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