Yes, that's true. But I guess my question was more about the general concept of a government being able to go into a private building without the owner's permission to deal with a public health emergency.
That’s a good question.
I’m not really sure about the division of authority between the various levels of government but I do know that health officials can and do imprison uncooperative Tuberculosis patients to force those patients to complete treatment. I’m assuming that such forced treatments have been litigated and determined legally valid.
With Ebola we have the immigration aspect, which the feds have litigated and the Supreme Court has determined is outside the sphere of state and local law. How that factors into Ebola I have no idea.
Perhaps an immigration lawyer and an ID law specialist will chime in.