§ 8.04.050. Quarantine powers.  


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  • The health officer shall have charge of the enforcement of the quarantine rules. Whenever a case of smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, diphtheria or scarlet fever or other contagious, infectious, or communicable disease shall be found to exist, the health officer shall have the power and authority to place any premises within which a contagious or epidemic disease occurs under quarantine; and he shall cause suitable notice setting forth the facts to be posted in appropriate places and shall determine the time when quarantine ends.

(Prior code § 42.10.060)