§ 35-4-106 — Vaccination for smallpox; penalty for refusal

The state department of health may adopt such measures for the
general vaccination of the inhabitants of any city, town or
county in the state, as they shall deem proper and necessary to
prevent the introduction or arrest the progress of smallpox; and
every person who shall refuse to be vaccinated, or prevent any
person under his care and control from being vaccinated, or who
shall fail to present himself or herself to the county health
officer or a practicing physician acting under the direction of
the department or county health officer, for the purpose of
being vaccinated, if such physician believes vaccination
necessary, shall upon conviction be fined not more than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) or less than ten dollars ($10.00) or
imprisoned in the county jail not more than thirty (30) days.