Week 5: The federal government can authorize quarantine through the Public Healt

Week 5: The federal government can authorize quarantine through the Public Health Service Act in conjunction with executive orders that state the specific diseases that are quarantinable. There are also international laws as well as state specific laws.
There are two parts to this week’s discussion:
Part 1:
Define and discuss the difference between quarantine and isolation.
Compare and contrast quarantine/isolation laws for human communicable diseases at the international, national, and state level. Use resources in the lessons for international and national laws and use this resource for state laws: http://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-quarantine-and-isolation-statutes.aspx#1. Find your state in the table in the website given above and read the authority, penalties, and police law and limitations (if given). Is the language too specific or too broad to be effective? Are the penalties fair? Who has the authority to implement quarantine and under what circumstances? Please also see your state’s laws directly and conduct further research on whether it has ever been enacted.