Quarantine Act (S.C. 2005, c. 20)

Marginal note:Obligation to inform

• 16 (1) A screening officer shall immediately inform a quarantine officer, and follow any directive of that officer respecting the traveller, if

  • (a) the screening officer has reasonable grounds to suspect that a traveller has or might have a communicable disease or is infested with vectors, or has recently been in close proximity to a person who has or might have a communicable disease or is infested with vectors;

  • (b) a traveller has refused to be screened by the screening officer under subsection 14(1), or a person authorized to use the screening technology has informed the screening officer that a traveller has refused to be screened under that subsection;

  • (c) a traveller has contravened subsection 15(1) by refusing to answer a question asked by the screening officer or by refusing to provide information or a record that the screening officer required; or

  • (d) a traveller has contravened subsection 15(3) by refusing to comply with a measure ordered by the screening officer.

• Marginal note:Isolation

  (2) The screening officer may, without directives from a quarantine officer, isolate the traveller, individually or within a group, until the traveller is assessed by a quarantine officer.