1. (a) When the conditions of isolation and quarantine are not otherwise specified by regulation, the isolation and quarantine of persons afflicted with or exposed to infectious or contagious diseases shall be ordered and enforced by the local health officer or the secretary of health and environment to preserve the public health, safety, or welfare. The conditions of isolation or quarantine so ordered shall be based on current medical knowledge of the infectious agent of the disease for which isolation or quarantine is ordered and may include consideration of the following factors:

   1. (1) The incubation period;
   2. (2) the communicable period;
   3. (3) the mode of transmission; and
   4. (4) susceptibility.
2. (b) Isolation or quarantine, or both, shall be ordered in conjunction with investigation of infectious or contagious disease cases and outbreaks for examining persons reasonably suspected of having these diseases and for obtaining specimens from these persons for laboratory evidence suggestive of infectious or contagious disease.

(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-101 and 65-128; implementing K.S.A. 65-101; effective May 1, 1982; amended July 20, 2007.)