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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Under Maine law: " If, based upon clear and convincing evidence, the court finds that a public health threat exists, the court shall issue the requested order for treatment or such other order as may direct the least restrictive measures necessary to effectively protect the public health."

In other words, Maine would be stupid to go to court because  no judge is going to order a quarantine. And this is why Christie let her go - he's a good enough lawyer to know he'd lose.[/quote]

http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/22/title22sec802.html

Extreme Public Health Emergency. Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 22 § 820

Authority. In the event of an actual or threatened epidemic or outbreak of a communicable or occupational disease, the department may declare that a health emergency exists and may adopt emergency rules for the protection of the
 	
public's health relating to procedures for the isolation and placement of infected persons for purposes of care and treatment or infection persons which shall be subject to the supervision and regulations of the department.
 	
Penalties. La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 40:6
Penalties. Any person, who neglects, violates or refuses to obey the rules or who willfully obstructs or hinders the execution of the rules, may be ordered by the department, in writing, to cease and desist. In the case of any person who refuses to obey a cease and desist order issued to enforce the rules adopted pursuant to section 802, the department may bring an action in District Court to obtain an injunction enforcing the cease and desist order or to request a civil fine not to exceed $500, or both.
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