§ 20-15-703 — Involuntary examinations

(a) When the state, county, or city health officer shall have reasonable grounds to believe that any person has tuberculosis in an active state or in a communicable form and who will not voluntarily seek a medical examination or treatment, the health officer may cause the person to be apprehended and detained for the necessary tests and examinations, including an approved chest X-ray, sputum examination, and other approved laboratory tests to ascertain the existence of tuberculosis. (b) If active tuberculosis is found to exist, it shall then be the duty of the health officer to make an investigation of the person to determine whether the environmental conditions of the person or the conduct of the person is suitable for proper isolation or control of the case by any type of local quarantine.

Legislative History

Acts 1955, No. 161, § 2; 1957, No. 298, § 1; 1961, No. 171, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-612.