50-18-107. Powers and duties of health officers.
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50-18-107 . Powers and duties of health officers.
(1)If found necessary or desirable to protect public health, state and local health officers or their authorized deputies or agents shall:
(a)examine or have examined persons reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease;
(b)require persons infected to report for treatment to a reputable physician and continue treatment, which may be at public expense, until cured;
(c)isolate or quarantine persons who refuse examination or treatment;
(d)investigate sources of infection of a sexually transmitted disease.
(2)No one but the state or local health officer may terminate the isolation or quarantine. Examinations may be made repeatedly as deemed advisable or desirable.