What law dictates the isolation of people suffering from serious illness?

patrick k: What law dictates the isolation of people suffering from serious illness?
Can I be forcibly quarantined if I have a contagious disease? What law enables this?

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Answer by schazjmd
Control of Communicable Diseases (42 USC 264-272) https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/dgmq/