The City Health Officer, City Chemist, and Inspectors of Health may, when on duty outside their respective offices, carry a metallic star, inscribed with suitable words, which shall be supplied by and be the property of the city. They shall each have power, on demand therefor, to require the aid, assistance, or presence of any police officer in the performance of any duty required by the provisions of this code, by law, or by rules of the Boards of Health, and shall have full power to perform all the duties and have all the powers of special police officers for enforcing health regulations, and may arrest, with or without warrant, any person they find violating any of the health provisions of this code.
(Prior Code, § 32.055)