Every physician called in to care for or treat a person afflicted with a contagious disease or any epidemic disease shall make a report to the Health Officer of the disease within 24 hours after being called in. In case no physician is in attendance, it shall be the duty of the person in charge of or having the care of that person to make a report within 24 hours from the time the disease is recognized.
(1969 Code, § 12-58) Penalty, see § 10.99