No health certificate for use in the city shall be issued by
any physician to any person required by law to have or exhibit a health
certificate certifying the holder’s freedom from contagious,
infectious or communicable diseases until the blood and sputum of
the applicant for such certificate shall have been first tested and
examined in a recognized manner by such physician or a reputable pathologist
from specimens personally secured by the physician or pathologist
and found to contain no indication that the applicant for such certificate
had on the date of the same any contagious or communicable diseases.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 1; 1957
Code, sec. 8-1)
All physicians who shall issue any health certificates shall keep permanent records of the tests required by section 6-2-1, which records shall be subject to the inspection of duly authorized agents of the city.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 2; 1957
Code, sec. 8-2)
No person shall have or exhibit a health certificate for the
purpose of complying with any law requiring such certificate until
the requirements set forth in this article have been complied with.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 3; 1957
Code, sec. 8-3)
(a)
All
persons required by the laws of the state, or regulations made pursuant
thereto, to have in their possession certificates of the kind mentioned
above shall have in their possession in addition to such certificate
an uncancelled and valid registration and identification certificate
signed by any licensed physician of the city, which shall state in
effect that evidence of the holder’s freedom from contagious
or infectious diseases has been submitted to and approved by such
physician.
(b)
If at
any time the city health officer has reasonable cause to believe that
the holder of any such registration and identification certificate
issued by him, or any other licensed physician, has contracted or
is suffering from any contagious, infectious or communicable disease,
he shall forthwith notify such holder in writing to appear before
him for a reexamination, and if such holder shall not appear before
the city health officer for examination within two (2) days after
receipt of such notice, or if, upon such examination, such holder
is found to be infected with or affected by any contagious or communicable
disease, then his registration and identification certificate shall
be cancelled by marking upon the original, or the duplicate kept in
the office of the licensed physician, in indelible pencil or ink,
the word “canceled” with the date of cancellation and
the city health officer’s signature, and such certificate shall
thereafter be null and void and of no force and effect.
(1950 Code, ch. 11, sec. 4; 1957
Code, sec. 8-4)
