§ 9-8-4. Special powers in health emergencies.  


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  • Whenever any emergency occurs, or any rare or unusual disease appears, or when any disease becomes unduly prevalent, the health officer, subject to the approval of the mayor, shall have the power to employ any measures necessary for the protection of the public health; and the mayor shall have the power, by proclamation, to establish quarantine and to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to combat such emergencies, including rules and regulations for persons residing in, entering or leaving the city, and the regulation of property, and he or she shall have power to make such expenditures as may be necessary for such purpose. The health officer and his or her deputies, assistants and officers shall have the right to enter private premises and it shall be their duty to enforce the rules and regulations promulgated by the mayor and established by the health officer under the provisions of this section. Any person who violates any such regulation, or who fails to carry out any lawful order of the health officer in such emergencies, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Code 1967, § 32-11; Code 1985, § 16-11)