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(a) No person from any house wherein there is any person affected with any of the quarantinable diseases or those subject to isolation shall attend any public, private or sectarian school until the recovery or death of the sick person, nor until provided with a permit in writing signed by the health officer. This permit must be presented to the principal or teacher of the school before the person is allowed to resume attendance.
(b) All physicians, upon the discovery of any of the quarantinable diseases or those subject to isolation, shall instruct the parents or guardian of any child or minor who may be residing at the infected premises of the provisions of this section.
(c) The principal or teacher of any school shall report at once by telephone to the health officer any violation of this section.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.409; 1992 Code, § 19-91)
(a) Whenever there is a case of tuberculosis, the health officer shall take those proper precautions as may be deemed necessary and give proper instruction to the patient and all other persons occupying the same premises to prevent the spread of the disease. Every person affected with tuberculosis shall dispose of his or her sputum, saliva or other discharges in a manner not dangerous to the public health.
(b) Whenever a person so affected is or is likely to be a menace to the health of others, the health department may cause the person to be quarantined, isolated, or removed to a hospital, sanitarium, tuberculosis camp or other proper place until the danger has been removed. Upon recovery of a person having tuberculosis, his or her physician shall notify the health department.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.411; 1992 Code, § 19-93)
(a) Reports made to the health department of syphilis, gonococcus infection or chancroid shall be considered confidential so far as consistent with public safety. The professional attendant of any case of venereal disease shall give explicit instructions to prevent the spread of the disease to others.
(b) When the patient refuses or neglects to follow prescribed treatment, discontinues treatment or is discharged as cured, the professional attendant shall immediately report these facts to the health department. When any person affected or presumably affected with venereal disease does or is liable to menace the health of others, the health officer or his or her representative shall have power to cause the removal of the person to a hospital or other proper place or to take any other measures authorized by law which are necessary in his or her opinion to prevent the spread of the disease.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.412; 1992 Code, § 19-94)
Any veterinarian or other person in charge of an animal affected or presumably affected with any disease communicable to human beings shall immediately notify the health officer. Whenever there is reason to believe that an animal has rabies, the animals and all other animals bitten by it shall be securely confined by the owner or person in charge for that time as is necessary to determine whether the disease exists. Every animal which has rabies shall be disposed of as directed by the health officer.
(1957 Rev. Ords., § 7.413; 1992 Code, § 19-95)
Cross-reference:
Animals and fowl, see ch. 90
REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE HAULERS
For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
REGULATED MEDICAL WASTE HAULER. Any person who transports regulated medical waste within the jurisdiction of the city. This may include a garbage collector or garbage hauler.
(1992 Code, § 19-100) (Ord. 59-91, passed 7-22-1991; Ord. 75-01, passed 8-6-2001)
Cross-reference:
Definitions and rules of construction generally, see § 10.002
The following storage and transportation standards apply to regulated medical waste haulers.
(a) Regulated medical waste may only be stored in a facility or vehicle approved by the city.
(b) A vehicle may stop for no longer than 72 hours if inclement weather does not allow safe transportation. During that time, all transportation and storage standards must be met, especially division (c) below.
(c) Storage and transportation must not constitute a nuisance or offensive condition such as, but not limited to, leakage, litter, odor, harborage of birds, insects or rodents. Regulated medical waste must be maintained in a nonputrescent state using refrigeration when necessary.
(d) Prior to loading regulated medical wastes into the transport vehicle, all regulated medical waste must be placed in containers which are leak-resistant and either rigid or semirigid. The vehicle body does not qualify as a container.
(e) Vehicles or containers used to transport regulated medical waste shall not be utilized to transport goods, items or materials which will be used as an item or ingredient in human or livestock food.
(f) All spills, leaks or discharges of regulated medical waste at any location other than the final destination point must be reported immediately to Metro Communications (911).
(g) The regulated medical waste hauler must pay for all costs and damages for emergency responses and environmental cleanups for which it is responsible.
(1992 Code, § 19-101) (Ord. 59-91, passed 7-22-1991; Ord. 75-01, passed 8-6-2001; Ord. 15-03, passed 2-10-2003)
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