A. Report Required: Every physician called in to care for or treat a person afflicted with a contagious disease or epidemic disease shall make a report of the same, within twenty four (24) hours after being called in, to the Health and Building Officer. In case no physician is in attendance, it shall be the duty of the person in charge of or having the care of such person to make a report within twenty four (24) hours from the time the disease is recognized. (1979 Code Ch. 16, Art. I, §1)
B. Quarantine:
1. The Health and Building Officer shall have charge of the enforcement of the quarantine rules. 1 He shall have the power and authority to place any premises within which a contagious or epidemic disease occurs under quarantine, and the Health and Building Officer shall determine the time when the quarantine shall end. (1979 Code Ch. 16, Art. I, §2)
2. Premises which have been quarantined in accordance with the terms of subsection B above shall be thoroughly fumigated or otherwise freed from all risk of contagious disease, under the supervision of the Health and Building Officer before the quarantine shall end. (1979 Code Ch. 16, Art. I, §3)
3. No person engaged in the delivery of food or drink intended for human consumption shall enter any premises which are quarantined because of the existence of a contagious or epidemic disease. No containers or bottles shall be removed from any such premises until the termination of the quarantine, and no such container which has been left at such premises during the quarantine shall be placed in use for carrying food or drink until it has been thoroughly sterilized. (1979 Code Ch. 16, Art. I, §5)
C. Spreading Contagion: It shall be unlawful for any person to spread, wilfully or carelessly, any contagious disease or to so cause the spread of the same. (1979 Code Ch. 16, Art. I, §4)
D. Penalty: Any person violating any of the provisions of this Section or violating any of the reasonable rules of the Health and Building Officer with regard to quarantined premises or disturbing or disregarding any notice of quarantine placed by or under the direction of the Health and Building Officer shall, for each offense, be punished as provided in Section 1-4-1 of this Code. (1979 Code Ch. 16, Art. I, §6; 1991 Code)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See subsection 2-10-2C of this Code. |