CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
Madison General Ordinances § 7.06
in effect7.06 - CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
(1) Duty of Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County upon the appearance of any communicable disease, as defined in chapter 252 of the revised statutes of Wisconsin, within the limits of the City, to investigate immediately all the circumstances, and to promptly take such measures for the prevention, suppression and control of any such disease as they deem needful and proper. The Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County shall cause to be quarantined and placarded any house or building within the City wherein there exists, or where there shall have recently existed a communicable disease, and to continue such quarantine for such reasonable length of time as may prevent the spread of disease. (Am. by ORD-06-00176, 12-8-06; ORD-14-00012, 1-14-14)
(2) Persons Quarantined Not to Leave Premises. No person, whether afflicted with any communicable disease as defined in chapter 252 of the Wisconsin Statutes, or not, shall visit or depart from any premises which shall have been quarantined by the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County until given permission by such Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this subsection shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500). (Am. by ORD-06-00176, 12-8-06)
(3) Physicians to Report Existence of Communicable Diseases. A physician knowing or having reason to know that a person treated or visited by him or her has a communicable disease, or having such disease, has died, shall report the same to the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County. Any physician who shall refuse or neglect to give such notice for a period of twenty-four (24) hours shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25) for each day of such refusal or neglect after the expiration of said twenty-four (24) hours. (Am. by ORD-14-00012, 1-14-14)
(4) Removal of Persons Afflicted With Communicable Diseases. The Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County, Health Inspectors and the Chief of Police and each of them is authorized to remove or cause to be removed, when so instructed by the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County, any person afflicted with any dangerous communicable disease to such place as may be deemed expedient and appropriate; and they shall, under the direction of the Director of Public Health Madison and Dane County, destroy any furniture, clothing, or other property which may cause the spreading of such disease, or cause it to be removed or disinfected. (Am. by ORD-08-00120, 10-24-08)
(Am. by ORD-15-00009, 1-28-15)
Source: City of Madison, Wisconsin, Madison General Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/wi/madison/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COORMAWIVOICH1--10_CH7PUHE_7.06CODIFetched: 11/1/2026