§ 219.340. Powers of commissioner of health; examination authorized.
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The commissioner of health shall use every available means to ascertain the existence
of and immediately investigate all known cases of venereal disease and ascertain,
if possible, the sources of their infection. In such investigations the commissioner
of health is vested with full power of inspection, isolation or quarantine, and disinfection
of all infected persons, places and things. The commissioner shall, in person or by
a duly appointed medical officer, make such examinations of persons reasonably suspected
of having venereal disease as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
article. Such examiner must be a regularly licensed physician. Owing to the prevalence
of venereal disease among prostitutes and persons who associate with them, all persons
arrested and charged with offenses against public morals and decency shall be considered
within the class to which the provisions of this article apply. The commissioner of
health shall institute measures for the protection of others from infection by venereally
diseased persons. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 753.080; Pet. No. 251060, § 17, 12-15-89)
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