North Dakota Code 23-07.6-01 – Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 23-07.6-01
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. “Communicable disease” means a disease or condition that causes serious illness, serious disability, or death, the infectious agent of which may pass or be carried, directly or indirectly, from the body of one person to the body of another.
2. “Confinement” means quarantine or isolation.
3. “Isolation” means the physical separation and restrictions on movement or travel of an individual or groups of individuals who are infected or reasonably believed to be infected with a contagious or possibly contagious disease from nonisolated individuals, to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease to nonisolated individuals.
4. “Local board” means a board of health as defined under section 23-35-01.
5. “Local health officer” means the health officer of a local board.
6. “Quarantine” means the physical separation and restrictions on movement or travel of an individual or groups of individuals, who are or may have been exposed to a contagious or possibly contagious disease and who do not show signs or symptoms of a contagious disease, from nonquarantined individuals to prevent or limit the transmission of the disease to nonquarantined individuals.
7. “Respondent” means the person or group of persons ordered to be confined or restricted under this chapter.