The Commissioner may cause all persons reported to it as having, or suspected of having a communicable disease, to be examined, and may impose such restrictions upon, and exercise such supervision over such persons as shall be necessary to protect other persons. To aid in securing the isolation of a person having, or suspected of having, a communicable disease, the Commissioner may cause a notice of the disease to be placed upon or near the house, apartment, or building in which the person is sick. No person shall deface, alter, conceal, mutilate, destroy, or tear down, any such notice without permission from the Commissioner, and every occupant of the house, apartment, or building upon which, or near which, the notice is placed, shall be responsible for the removal of the notice. The Commissioner may cause a person having, or suspected of having, a communicable disease to be removed to a hospital or other safe place. The Commissioner may cause a person having or suspected of having, a communicable disease to be provided with suitable nurses and medical attention, at such person's own expense if such person is able to pay for the same, but if not, then at the expense of the City.
(Prior code § 9-13; Amend Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1)
Editor's note – Formerly § 2-112-170. Coun. J. 2-24-21, p. 27657, Art. I, § 1, renumbered former § 2-112-130 as current § 2-112-080.