32.1-48.017 - Use of public or private property or facilities.
§ 32.1-48.017. Use of public or private property or facilities.
A. Upon the declaration by the Governor of a state of emergency pursuant to §44-146.17, the State Health Commissioner, acting in concert with theGovernor, shall be authorized to require the use of any public or privateproperty, building or facility to implement any order of quarantine or orderof isolation. The State Health Commissioner and the Governor shall find,together, that the use of the property, building or facility is necessary andappropriate to enforce an order of quarantine or an order of isolation in theleast restrictive environment.
B. If the Commissioner and the Governor elect to use any public or privateproperty, building or facility pursuant to this article and this section, theCommissioner shall make accommodations, in conjunction with the owner oroperator of the property, building or facility, for persons who are employedin, using or occupying the property, building or facility and who are notcovered by the relevant order of quarantine or order of isolation.
C. Owners or operators of any property, building or facility so commandeeredshall be entitled to compensation.
(2004, cc. 773, 1021.)