PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BENCH BOOK FOR VIRGINIA’S COURT SYSTEM PREPARED BY: SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA’S PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION REVISED July 20171 1 Revisions made by the Office of the Executive Secretary to update citations to the Code of Virginia. Other links were not updated and may have been substantially changed or no longer exist. PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BENCH BOOK FOR VIRGINIA’S COURT SYSTEM MEMBERSHIP ROSTER Supreme Court of Virginia Pandemic Flu Preparedness Commission Commission Chair: The Honorable Westbrook J. Parker, Chief Judge Fifth Judicial Circuit Southampton Circuit Court Commission Members: The Honorable Rossie D. Alston, Jr., Judge Court of Appeals of Virginia The Honorable Walter S. Felton, Jr., Chief Judge Court of Appeals of Virginia The Honorable Rufus A. Banks, Jr., Judge First Judicial District Mr. L.O. Natt Gantt, II, Associate Professor and Chesapeake J&DR District Court Associate Dean for Student Affairs Regent University School of Law Mr. Shawn Barnes, Chief Magistrate Twelfth Judicial District Mr. Randy Gilbert, Pastor Faith Landmarks Ministries The Honorable Randall M. Blow, Judge Second Judicial District The Honorable Marilynn C. Goss, Judge Virginia Beach J&DR District Court Thirteenth Judicial District Richmond J&DR District Court Elizabeth E. Blue, Esquire Richmond, Virginia Steven D. Gravely, Esquire Troutman Sanders The Honorable Thomas E. Bowers Commonwealth Attorney Peter D. Greenspun, Esquire City of Salem Greenspun, Shapiro, Davis & Leary, P.C. Mr. James F. Burgess, The Honorable Karen A. Henenberg, Judge Staff Safety and Security Manager Seventh Judicial Circuit Virginia Department of Corrections Arlington General District Court The Honorable Lucretia A. Carrico, Judge Helivi Holland, Deputy City Attorney Eleventh Judicial District City of Suffolk Petersburg General District Court Mr. Edward H. Holmes David W. Carter, Esquire Field Operations Manager Samuel I. White, P.C. Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice The Honorable Joel C. Cunningham, Judge The Honorable Thomas D. Horne, Chief Judge Tenth Judicial Circuit Twentieth Judicial Circuit Halifax Circuit Court Loudoun Circuit Court Steve M. Draper, Sheriff Guy W. Horsley, Esquire City of Martinsville Office of the Attorney General As of February 2010 PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION REVISED July 2017 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BENCH BOOK FOR VIRGINIA’S COURT SYSTEM MEMBERSHIP ROSTER Janet James, Esquire Rebecca Norris, Esquire Virginia Department for the Aging Virginia Indigent Defense Commission The Honorable Elizabeth Kellas Burton, Judge Mr. William I. Oakes, Jr., Twenty-sixth Judicial District Magistrate Regional Supervisor Frederick/Winchester J&DR District Court Region 3 Office of the Executive Secretary The Honorable Larry B. Kirksey, Judge Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit The Honorable David F. Pugh, Judge Bristol Circuit Court Seventh Judicial Circuit Newport News Circuit Court Dr. Mark J. Levine, Deputy Commissioner Emergency Preparedness and Response The Honorable Janine M. Saxe, Judge Programs Nineteenth Judicial District Virginia Department of Health Fairfax J&DR District Court The Honorable Stephanie Maddox The Honorable Beverly W. Snukals, Chief Judge Commonwealth Attorney Thirteenth Judicial Circuit County of Amherst Richmond Circuit Court The Honorable Everett A. Martin, Jr. Lt. Col. Eugene A. Stockton, Director Chief Judge Bureau of Field Operations Fourth Judicial Circuit Virginia State Police Norfolk Circuit Court The Honorable Joi Jeter Taylor, Judge Mr. Andre Mayfield, Clerk Thirteenth Judicial District Virginia Beach General District Court Richmond General District Court The Honorable Tammy S. McElyea The Honorable Malfourd W. Bo Trumbo, Judge Chief Judge Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit Thirtieth Judicial Circuit Alleghany Circuit Court Lee Circuit Court The Honorable Susan L. Whitlock, Chief Judge Henry W. McLaughlin, III, Esquire Sixteenth Judicial District Central Virginia Legal Aid Society, Inc. Louisa J&DR District Court Dr. Joseph P. McMenamin, Esquire Ms. Dawn C. Williams, Clerk McGuire Woods Campbell J&DR District Court The Honorable Patricia S. Moore, Clerk The Honorable Marcus D. Williams, Judge Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Washington Circuit Court Fairfax Circuit Court The Honorable Stacey W. Moreau, Judge C.T. Woody, Jr., Sheriff Twenty-second Judicial District City of Richmond Pittsylvania J&DR District Court As of February 2010 PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION REVISED July 2017 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BENCH BOOK FOR VIRGINIA’S COURT SYSTEM MEMBERSHIP ROSTER Advisor to the Commission: Robin V. Kurz, Special Counsel Office of the Attorney General Commission Staff: Patricia G. Davis, Esquire Edward M. Macon, Esquire Commission Staff Director Assistant Executive Secretary & Legal Counsel Office of the Executive Secretary Office of the Executive Secretary Supreme Court of Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia Ms. Amy W. Bradshaw Special Project Coordinator Office of the Executive Secretary Supreme Court of Virginia Committee Staff: Farnaz Farkish, Esquire Renée Fleming Mills, Ph. D. Law Clerk to the Director of Human Resources Honorable Leroy Rountree Hassell, Sr. Office of the Executive Secretary Supreme Court of Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia Katya Herndon, Esquire Kenneth G. Pankey, Jr., Esquire Director of Legislative & Public Relations Sr. Planner Office of the Executive Secretary Department of Judicial Planning Supreme Court of Virginia Office of the Executive Secretary Supreme Court of Virginia Mr. David Hines Information Security Officer Liza Simmons, Esquire Department of Judicial Information Technology Staff Attorney Office of the Executive Secretary Office of the Chief Staff Attorney Supreme Court of Virginia Supreme Court of Virginia Cyril W. Miller, Jr., Ph. D. Director of Judicial Planning Office of the Executive Secretary Supreme Court of Virginia As of February 2010 PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION REVISED July 2017 PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BENCH BOOK FOR VIRGINIA’S COURT SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE I. MESSAGE FROM CHAIR ........................................................................................ viii II. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK ...................................................................................... ix A. Reference – Part One .................................................................................... ix B. Planning – Part Two ...................................................................................... ix III. CAUTION TO USERS ............................................................................................. ix IV. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................ x INTRODUCTION I. WHAT IS INFLUENZA? ........................................................................................... xi II. WHAT IS PANDEMIC FLU? ..................................................................................... xi III. WHY DO WE NEED TO PLAN? ................................................................................ xii IV. PUBLIC HEALTH TERMINOLOGY IN VIRGINIA .............................................................. xii A. Communicable Disease of Public Health Significance ................................. xii B. Communicable Disease of Public Health Threat .......................................... xii PANDEMIC INFLUENZA TEMPLATE FOR CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS PLANNING IN VIRGINIA’S JUDICIAL BRANCH ..................................................................... 1 PART ONE – PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN VIRGINIA CHAPTER 1 JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES IN MATTERS OF PUBLIC HEALTH I. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH SIGNIFICANCE ......................................... 1-1 A. Isolation....................................................................................................... 1-1 1. General District Courts .......................................................................... 1-1 2. Circuit Courts ........................................................................................ 1-1 3. Supreme Court of Virginia .................................................................... 1-1 PANDEMIC FLU PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION REVISED July 2017 -i- PANDEMIC INFLUENZA BENCH BOOK FOR VIRGINIA’S COURT SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS II. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OF PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT ................................................ 1-2 A. Isolation....................................................................................................... 1-2 1. Circuit Courts ........................................................................................ 1-2 2. Supreme Court of Virginia .................................................................... 1-2 B. Quarantine .................................................................................................. 1-2 1. Circuit Courts ........................................................................................ 1-2 2. Supreme Court of Virginia .................................................................... 1-2 CHAPTER 2 PUBLIC HEALTH STRUCTURE I. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ................................................................................... 2-1 II. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ....................................................................... 2-1 A. Local and District Health Directors ............................................................. 2-1 B. Central Office Functions ............................................................................