§ 9-8-2. General powers and duties of health officer relative to communicable diseases.

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The health officer or his or her representative shall make such investigations as in his or her judgment may be necessary to determine the presence or absence of any of the diseases named in the state regulations adopted by section 9-8-1, and if any such be found he or she shall adopt such measures as are authorized by law for the prevention of the spread of such disease and for the relief of the patient. The health officer, or his or her representative, shall secure material for cultures or specimens for bacteriological or other laboratory examination to assist in determining the diagnosis whenever, in his or her judgment, such procedure is necessary, and any person, when requested by him or her or his or her representative, shall permit such specimens to be taken.

(Code 1967, § 32-9; Code 1985, § 16-9)

                    
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