[R.O. 2013 §217.010; CC §61.010; CC 1991 §250.010]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen together with one (1) resident
practicing physician shall constitute the Board of Health of the City
of Tarkio.
[R.O. 2013 §217.020; CC §61.020; CC 1991 §250.020]
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to appoint a City Physician
at the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen held in
the month of May of each year, and the appointee shall hold his/her
office for a period of one (1) year or until his/her successor shall
have been appointed. Provided that the Board of Aldermen may by a
majority vote dismiss the City Physician at any time for negligence,
failure or refusal on his/her part to guard against the spread of
contagious diseases in the City.
[R.O. 2013 §217.040; CC §61.040; CC 1991 §250.040]
The Board of Health shall have power to make all needful rules
and regulations to prevent the introduction into the City of Tarkio
of any case of small pox, scarlet fever, cholera or diphtheria or
any other contagious disease which may seem to them injurious to the
health and general welfare of the people of Tarkio and vicinity and
shall have power to take such action as may be necessary to prevent
the spreading of such injurious disease or diseases, and to that end
the Board of Health is hereby given the power to compel any person
or persons within the corporate limits of the City of Tarkio and within
a radius of five (5) miles of said City to conform to such regulations
as may be prescribed by the Board of Health and remain off the streets
and other public places and all public meetings within the City during
any length of time said Board of Health may deem it necessary for
the security of the public and the common good.
[R.O. 2013 §217.050; CC §§61.050 — 61.070;
CC 1991 §250.050]
A.
It
shall be the duty of the Board of Health and each member thereof,
upon being notified of any case of small pox, cholera, scarlet fever,
diphtheria or any other contagious disease, or upon any such case
coming to their knowledge in any way, to investigate the same and
if any such disease be found to exist within the corporate limits
of the City of Tarkio or within a radius of five (5) miles thereof
to cause to be placed upon some conspicuous place on said premises
a placard or sign indicating the nature of the disease within. Said
placard or sign shall remain as placed upon said premises until ordered
removed by the City Physician.
B.
Duration Of Quarantine For Person Or Persons. When any person
or any family shall be quarantined by reason of any member thereof
or any person therein being infected by such contagious diseases as
scarlet fever, diphtheria or small pox, said person or family shall
not be released from quarantine until at least thirty (30) days have
expired from the time that the last person in said family has been
infected by said disease.
C.
Return Of Children To School. No children or other persons
who have been quarantined by reason of any contagious diseases as
above set out or who shall have been with or about such family or
person while so quarantined shall be allowed to attend the public
school of this City without first obtaining a certificate from the
Health Officer entitling them to do so.
