Gov. Rick Scott on Saturday signed an executive order mandating twice-daily 21-day health monitoring for people returning from Centers for Disease Prevention and Control-designated Ebola-affected areas.
"This executive order will give the Florida Department of Health the authority they need to conduct 21-day health monitoring and risk assessments for all those who have returned or will return to Florida from the CDC-designated Ebola-affected areas of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leon," Scott said in a statement. "We have asked the CDC to identify the risk levels of all returning individuals from these areas, but they have not provided that information. Therefore, we are moving quickly to require the found individuals who have returned to Florida already — and anyone in the future who will return to Florida from an Ebola area — to take part twice daily in 21-day health evaluations with (Department of Health) personnel."
The entire executive order can be read here.