Louisiana Statutes
§ 40:3 — State health officer; powers
Louisiana·Title 40 Public Health and Safety
§3. State health officer; powers
The state health officer shall at all times take all necessary steps to execute the
sanitary laws of the state and to carry out the rules, ordinances, and regulations as contained
in the state sanitary code. He may issue warrants only to arrest or prevent epidemics or to
abate any imminent menace to the public health.
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Related
Adams v. STATE, DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES
458 So. 2d 1295 (Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1984)
Legislative History
Acts 1976, No. 346, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
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