Ga. Code § 31-12-2.1

Ga. Code § 31-12-4 (2014)

Authority. The Department of Community Health is empowered to isolate and treat individuals unwilling or unable to observe department rules or regulations for disease suppression and to establish quarantine, isolation or surveillance of people or animals exposed to a communicable disease that affects humans. A County Board of Health and Wellness has the authority to declare and enforce a quarantine.

Penalties. Violation of rules or regulations related to quarantine powers shall be declared a nuisance or a misdemeanor, as determined by the county governing authority establishing the rule.

Police Power and Limitations. Those ordered into quarantine or isolation shall have access to legal representation and can challenge that order in court.