A. Enforcement: It shall be the duty of all health and school authorities to obey and enforce the provisions of this section 1
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B. Procedures On Findings Of Contagion:
1. Reports:
a. Physician's Report: Every physician practicing in the city who shall have any patient affected or sick with any malignant fever, cholera, smallpox or any contagious or pestilential disease, shall forthwith make a report thereof, in writing, to the director of community development, describing the locality of the house or place where the patient may be, with such certainty that the same may be easily found, and in case the patient has died, to report the same within twenty four (24) hours after the death, with the specified name or type of the disease. Any physician who shall withhold such information or neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
b. Resident's Report: Every resident of the city knowing of any individual in the city, sick with any contagious disease, shall, unless previously reported, report in writing to the director of community development the same particulars as required of physicians in the preceding paragraph, and any neglect or refusal thereof shall subject the person to the same general penalties prescribed above.
2. Notice: Every householder within the limits of the City, in whose dwelling there shall occur a case of cholera, yellow fever, typhoid fever, scarlet fever, diphtheria or smallpox, shall immediately notify the Director of Community Development of the same; and until instructions are received from the department, no clothing or other property that may have been exposed to infection shall be removed from the house, nor shall any occupant change his residence elsewhere without the consent of the department during the prevalence of any public danger from the disease. (1956 Code ch. 21 art. II; amd. 2002 Code)
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| 1 | 1. 65 ILCS 5/11-20-5. |