§ 40:24 — Issuance of warrants by health officer; general duties of officer

§24. Issuance of warrants by health officer; general duties of officer
A. The parish health officer may issue warrants only to arrest or prevent epidemics
or to abate an imminent menace to the public health in his parish.
B. The parish health officer shall issue all orders and warrants, subject to the
limitations provided in Subsection A of this Section, and take all necessary steps to execute
the sanitation laws of the state under the state health officer and to carry out the rules,
regulations, and ordinances of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Legislative History

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.