Public Health Emergency Bench Book

• Acknowledgements and Endorsements
• Publication and Update Protocol
• Preface

• Summary
• Isolation and Quarantine Checklist

• 1.10 Federal v. State
• 1.20 State and Local Venue Determinations
• 1.30 Writs of Habeas Corpus and Personal Restraint Petitions
• 1.40 Statutory Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition
• 1.50 Applicability of King County Rules of Court to Public Health Cases

• 2.10 Overview
• 2.20 Conditions of Emergency
• 2.30 State Organization and Authority
• 2.40 Local Organization and Authority
• 2.50 King County Code Provisions
• 2.60 Seattle Municipal Code Provisions

• 3.10 Overview
• 3.20 Washington State Board of Health
• 3.30 Washington State Department of Health
• 3.40 Local Health Boards, Departments, and Officers
• 3.50 Violations and Penalties
• 3.60 Health Districts
• 3.70 Relationship Between State and Local Health Departments
• 3.80 King County Code Provisions

• 4.10 Overview
• 4.20 Communicable Disease Reporting and Investigation
• 4.30 Confidentiality

• 5.10 Overview
• 5.20 Social Distancing Measures
• 5.30 Isolation and Quarantine
• 5.40 Animal Health

• 6.10 Sample Pleadings for Involuntary Isolation or Quarantine
• 6.20 Sample Pleadings for Order to Seal Records
• 6.30 Sample Pleadings for Continued Isolation or Quarantine

• 7.00 Operation of the Courts Amid Public Health Threats
• 7.10 Appearance of Individuals Posing a Potential Threat to Public Health
• 7.20 Protection of Court Personnel
• 7.30 Proceedings Involving Numerous Persons
• 7.40 Emergency Court Closure
• 7.50 Presiding Judge in Superior Court District and Limited Jurisdiction Court District

• Involuntary Detention for Examination, Testing, and Treatment
• Example of Declaration of Disease Control Officer in Hypothetical TB Case

• Revised Code of Washington
• Washington Administrative Code

• Public Health Emergency Bench Book - PDF Format