American Samoa § 13.0319 - Additional emergency powers.

§ 13.0319. Additional emergency powers.

During a declared public health emergency, the director and department are authorized: (1) To close, direct, and compel the evacuation of, or decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated any facility of which it has reasonable cause to believe that it may have been exposed to, subjected to, or the cause of a public health emergency. (2) To require any local hospital or any health care facility to provide services or the use of its facility if such services or use are reasonable and necessary to respond to an event or occurrence of a public health emergency. (3) To decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated, or destroy, any material of which it has reasonable cause to believe that it may have been exposed to, subjected to, or the cause of a public health emergency. (4) To inspect, control, restrict, and regulate by rationing and using quotas, prohibitions on shipments, allocation, or other means, the use, sale, dispensing, distribution, or transportation of food, fuel, clothing and other commodities if, and only if, such items have been exposed to, subjected to, or the cause of a public health emergency, and the item poses a threat to public health. (5) During an event or occurrence of a public health emergency, the department is authorized to control or limit ingress and egress to and from any stricken or threatened public area, the movement of individuals within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein, if such action is reasonable and necessary to respond to an event or occurrence of a public health emergency.