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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="18-324" title_number="18" title_name="Disease Prevention" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Specific Diseases">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Secretary or a health officer may have an individual examined, if the Secretary or the health officer knows or is notified in writing by a physician that the individual is suspected of having tuberculosis.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If, after the examination, the Secretary or the health officer finds that the individual has tuberculosis and that the condition of the individual endangers, or may endanger, the public health of the community, the Secretary or the health officer may order the individual to receive appropriate medical care.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the individual fails to comply with the order, the Secretary or the health officer may order the individual to be placed in any of the following types of medical quarantine in order to protect the public health:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Medical isolation at home;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Domiciliary care, nursing home care, or hospital care; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Other medically appropriate living arrangement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The order of the Secretary or the health officer may also contain such other conditions as the Secretary or the health officer believes are necessary to protect either the health of the infected individual or the public health.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The Secretary or a health officer may not require an individual to have a physical examination, other than a chest X–ray and to render sputum samples. The Secretary or a health officer may not restrict the right of the individual to select a treatment method, if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>In good faith relies on spiritual means through prayer for healing; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Complies with the laws, rules, and regulations that relate to sanitation for and quarantine of infectious, contagious, and communicable diseases.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
