[Amended 11-22-1999 by Ord. No. 99-19]
Every physician called in to care for or treat a person afflicted
with a contagious disease or an epidemic disease shall make a report
of the same to the chairperson of the Committee on Health and Safety
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 the person to make a report within 24 hours from the time
the disease is recognized.
[Amended 11-22-1999 by Ord. No. 99-19]
The chairperson of the Committee on Health and Safety shall
have charge of the enforcement of reasonable quarantine rules. He
or she shall have the power and the authority to place any premises
within which a contagious disease or epidemic disease occurs under
quarantine. The Health Officer shall determine the time when the quarantine
ends.
[Amended 11-22-1999 by Ord. No. 99-19]
Premises which have been quarantined in accordance with the terms of § 93-2 shall be thoroughly fumigated or otherwise freed from all risk of contagious disease under the supervision of the chairperson of the Committee on Health and Safety before the quarantine shall end.
No person shall spread, wilfully or carelessly, any contagious
disease or cause the spread of the same.
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 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.
