(1) Entry into premises used for isolation or quarantine shall be allowed under the following conditions:
(a) The Public Health Director or the local public health administrator may authorize physicians or other health care workers or other persons access to persons or groups of persons who are in isolation or quarantine pursuant to ORS 433.121 or 433.123 as necessary to meet the needs of isolated or quarantined persons;
(b) Only persons authorized by the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator may enter premises used for isolation or quarantine;
(c) An authorized person entering premises used for isolation or quarantine shall be provided with infection control training and may be required to wear personal protective equipment or to receive vaccinations as determined by the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator; and
(d) A person entering premises used for isolation or quarantine with or without authorization of the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator may become subject to isolation or quarantine.
(2) Persons subject to isolation or quarantine and other persons entering premises used for isolation or quarantine are subject to rules and orders adopted by the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator. Failure to comply with rules and orders adopted by the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator is a Class D violation.
(3) If a health care facility as defined in ORS 442.015 is used as a premises for isolation or quarantine, the Public Health Director or the local public health administrator must consult with the managers of the health care facility regarding how best to meet the requirements of this section.
(4) Nothing in this section prohibits a physician or other health care worker in a health care facility from having access to a person or a group of persons who is in isolation or quarantine pursuant to ORS 433.121 or 433.123 if the infection control procedures and other precautions determined necessary by the Public Health Director are adhered to by the facility and the physician or other health care worker seeking access to the isolated or quarantined person. [2007 c.445 §13]
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