Whenever in the judgment of the department it is necessary for the protection or preservation of the public health, each health officer shall, when directed by the department, do the following:

(a)  Quarantine or isolate and disinfect persons, animals, houses or rooms, in accordance with general and specific instructions of the department.

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(b)  Destroy bedding, carpets, household goods, furnishings, materials, clothing, or animals, when ordinary means of disinfection are considered unsafe, and when the property is, in the judgment of the department, an imminent menace to the public health.

When the property is destroyed pursuant to this section, the governing body of the locality where the destruction occurs may make adequate provision for compensation in proper cases for those injured thereby.

(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)