DIVISION 105. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 120100-122477›PART 1. ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 120100-120305›CHAPTER 2. Functions and Duties of the State Department of Health Services 120125-120163
§ 120145
California Health and Safety Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
The department may quarantine, isolate, inspect, and disinfect persons, animals, houses, rooms, other property, places, cities, or localities, whenever in its judgment the action is necessary to protect or preserve the public health.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1996.)
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