Violating a Public Health Order

Health & Safety Code § 120275 makes it a crime to violate a public health order, including a quarantine order.

The statute states, “Any person who, after notice, violates, or who, upon the demand of any health officer, refuses or neglects to conform to, any rule, order, or regulation prescribed by the department respecting a quarantine or disinfection of persons, animals, things, or places, is guilty of a misdemeanor.”