Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

CourtTexas Attorney General Reports
DecidedJuly 2, 1942
DocketO-5007
StatusPublished

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Opinion

OFFICE OF THE AmORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN

Honorable Homer Qarriaon, Jr., Mrector Texas Department of PubUc Safety C-P mm Au. t La, Texan Attention: Fred Hlakman, A8818tant Direc D8ar Sir:

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ialan or other perlon who , or tmat8, a aae8 of or chaaarold, and every ruper- of a horpital, diapemary, or ln8t~tutlon in wh.tahthere ir Qloeaae, rhail report rush aare 11Vriting, to the looal health of- fleer, stating the name and ad&e88 or the offiae number, age, eex, oolor, and ooaupation of the di8aa8ed ~~IIoQ, and thr dote of the on8et of the dietie8.8, and the probable aourae of lnfeatlon, provided that the name aad adtwera Of the dlueaeed person need not be atsted, except ae herelmfter :,.

Eonorabls Eomer OarrleOn, Jr., page 2

apeoirfcally required in W5tlon 5, uv3 provided, further, that all infOz%8tlOu and report8 ~onaern- lng per8OW having venereal diseare 8hall be held 8eCret In acaordanac vlth provi8ion8 in Section 8. The report shall be enolored In a reeled envelope and eent to the loo81 health offitmr vho rhall report weekly on the prescribed form to the State Board of Health, all cane8 reported to him. Th8 ph~‘SiCiSn8 and other8 re8idlng in oitie8 having no oity health offlow, 8hall make reports required in this rection direct to the county health of- ficer, where there 18 e oouutg hralth offloer in the county in vhlah they celide, and uhere there i8 no county hsalth OffiCer, al1 8uah report8 rhall be msds direat to th4 State Board of Health. 'sec. 2. It Shall be the duty Of eV8lFy phpai- clan and of srsr~ other perron vho exanine8 or treatr a pf~r8Onhaving 8yphlll8, gonorrhea 0~ ahan- QPOld, $0 ln8truct him in RleUUP88 fOP pP8VMting the 8prWd of 8Wh d+reue, U&d Of the ZWOO88ity for treatment until our& and to hand him a oopy of the olraulm of inforaation obtainable for tki8 purpo88 from the Stats Board Of Health. ‘Jeo. 3. All city, county, or other health officers rhall ~84 svory lvallabl8 mum to l8- aertain the exl8tonao of, and to inve8tlgate*ll ca8e8 of ryph018, gonorrhea, and ahancroid within thsir 8evsral territorial jwlNlat5om, and to a8C8rtkin the 8Oum08 of 8uah hfeOtiOn8. LOW1 health officer8 are hereby empowered and dlreoted to nreke8uah examlMtion8 of por8on8 rea8onably 8UfQeCted Of hUti& 8yphi118, gOIiOPPheaOP ChM- crold a8 may be neaelsary for Carrying out the provlrione of this lau. bring to the preval8nae Of rush dl8eSi88a among rO8titUte8 and peFlm8 aaaoclated vlth them, aP1 8u6h perrone are to be oonaldered within the above alara. “Sta. 4. U&on recei t of a report of a oaae of venereal dlleaIe, the P ooal health officer rhall in8tltutu mea8ureE for proteaticm of Other pereonn from lnfeatlon by 8uoh venereally direa8ed pQP8OKll Ourlaon, Eonorabl8 Xoloeoer Jr., page 3

5. Loop1 health Offie4r8 are authoriaed and directed to quarantine perron who have, or are reaaonebly rurpeoted of hevlng agphili8, gonorrh88, or ahancrold, whenever, in the opinion of raid looal officer, or the state Board of Uealth, OF it8 4xsautivcPofficer, quarantlne 18 nece88ary for th49 protection of the pub110 health. In sstablirhing quarantine the local health offlaer ahall derlg- lute and define the limit8 of the are4 in vhioh the peC8OIlknovn to have, or P888Onably 8WpeOted gonorrhea, or ehanoroid, and of having syphlJ.l.8, hi8 iawdlate attendant, are to be quarantined, and no perron other than the att8nding PhJslol~r, ahall enter or leave the area of quarantlke ulthout the pttPal88iOnof the loaal health offloer, "Eloone but the locurlhealth offloer rhall terminats raid quarantine, aad thl8 rhall not be do= &anti1 the quarantined paIrron hS8 beaom4 no+ lnfestiow, as detertinmd by the local health' offfcer or hlr authorized deputy through ollnloal examination ma all neoe88ary laboratory,t.e8tl, Or Until paPti88iOn hW b68n gilTonhlm to do 80 by the stats Board of Health or lte executive offlaer. 9. The low1 health oftlaer r-11 intorm all p8P8OM who me about to be Pele88ed from quarantine for venereal di8ea88, in OUe they arc not cured, what furth8r treatment rhould be t8ken to aontpletatheir auve. Auy p6r8on not aurea, bcfors releared fro38quarentinc, rhall be required to rlgn tho folloving at8temant after the blank 8 068 have been filled to th4 lati8faction of tre health offlcerz OI recliding at hereby r&nolfle&e thr faoE that I amatthl fZ188ill- feated VI& j and agree to plde my4elf wp- der th8 f88di~e of (rumI@or phyelclan or olllaic) (ahPe88 ) Vithin hourcr.and that I will remain under the mment ok raid phy8lal8n or olinlo until.re- leared by the health offloer of or until my &as%@18 troarferred with the ap roval of s&id health officer, to another regular K iaen88d phy- ab.ean or an approved allnicr.

I Honorable Homer Qarrlllon,Jr., page 6

"'1 hereby 8gree to report to the health offlao* within Sour days after beglnnlng treatment a8 above agreed, and will bring vlth M a 8tate- m8nt from the abOV8 phy4lclan or allnlc of the medl- cal treatment tappliedin my oa88, end thereafter ~111 report a8 often a8 may be demanded OS ma by the health officer. "'I agree further, that Iv111 tak+ all pre- ceutlOn8 reaosmended by the health offlcor to prevent the epread of the abov8 dl84a84 to other pWP8OM and that I vi11 not pWrforn any aat uhich rlll expo8e other per8on8 to the nbove dLeeaa8. "'I agree, until $lmlly released by the health offloer, to notify him of 8ny change of 8ddre88 and to obtaln hlr ~OWent before moving my abode outside of NW furl8dlotlon.

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"All Wuoh agrseasnte ~hsll be filed vlth the health offtoer and kept lxmeoeealble to the pub- lia. "The OOWIi88iOner8 OOurt8 of the vWciou8 oountle* ana the governlqt body o,+all z..noorporated tOVn8 aad cltleo are hereby 0Plpoveredend dlreot- ed to provide suitable placer for thW dWtentlon of perDOn who nmy be rubject to quarantine and who Whould be rsgregated for the ex.eoutlonof the provlrloxraof thlW laW$ WI&d8wh COmRi88lOMP8 aourte and governing bodler of lnaorporated OltlW8 an8 tonU are hereby authorlred to lnour, on b~h~3.f OS thwlr laid oountiel, altlel or toYnO, the ex- pen8eB neceeeary to the enforasmetatof thi8 lav. 'stx. 5. 1. Yhan a person applie8 to a phyrtclan or other perron for the dlWgnO818 or treatment of SyphlllW, gonoPrhea or ahUwrold, it rhall be the duty of the phy8ialan or pereon 80 Honorable Homer Gercieon, Jr., page 5

ooneulted to Inquire of, and aeoerthin from the pereon reeking euoh dirga0818 or tFe8tmant, vheth- er euah pereon has heretofore ooneultod with, or barnbeen treated by, any other phyviolan or per- eon, and if 80, to aeoertaln the neam end addrome 0r the phfricirn or person last ooneulted, It eb811 be the duty of the phymiolan or other pereon whoei the applioant con8ult8 to notify the @yslolan or other pareon 18et ooneulted of the ohange of ad- virere. Should the physlolan or pereon proviouely ooneulted f811 to receive euah notice vithln ten day8 after the last date upon vhioh the patient use lnetruoted by bia to appear, it ehall bo the duty of euoh pbyeioian or peregn to report to the lwal he8lth officer the name and mldrere of 8uoh renareally diee8eed pereon. “2. If .&n &tending pb~loian or other per- son lcnow or ham good re48orie to ruepect that a peceon h winglpphllle, gonorrhea or uhmopoid 18 80 oonduating hla8elf or hereoil am to expoee 0th~' pereons to lnf'eotlon,or 18 about 80 to oondwt hlmaelf or herself, he 8hll notify the low1 health offloer of the name and addreer or the dleea@ed pereonand the le8~enti.81 faote In the time. “sea. 6. All loon1 and atate health otfi- Oar8 are direoted to oo-operate ulth proper CC- flclale rhoae duty it 18 to Marco law8 direoted a$ainet pro8titution, and otherwire to we every proper mean8 for the repreeafon OS proetitution. "see. 7.

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