Chapter 148. To regulate the establishment and maintenance of private hospitals and asylums in the District of Columbia
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CHAP. 148.— An Act To regulate the establishment and maintenance of private hospitals and asylums in the District of Columbia. April 20, 1908.[[H. R. 17305](/us/bill/70/hr/17305).][[Public, No. 99.](/us/pl/70/99)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That no person shall in theDistrict of Columbia.Private hospitals and asylums to be licensed. District of Columbia establish or maintain any private hospital or asylum, either for the reception of human beings or of domestic animals, unless or until licensed by the Commissioners of said District.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the health officer of the DistrictHealth officer to enforce regulations. of Columbia, and of such agents and employeesInspection. in the service of the health department of said District as he may designate for that pur 65 pose, to enforce the provisions of this Act and of all regulations made by authority thereof; and said health officer and agents and employees are hereby authorized, in the performance of the duty aforesaid, to enter and inspect during all reasonable hours all private hospitals and asylums in said District.
No person shall interfere with said healthNoninterference with inspectors. officer, or with any agent or employee aforesaid, in the performance of his official duty, nor hinder, prevent, or refuse to permit any inspection authorized by this Act. Sec. 3. That any person who, for himself or as the employee orPenalty for violation. agent of another person, or as a member, officer, or employee of a firm or corporation, violates any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made hereunder by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia, or aids in the violation thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or by both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 4. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia be, andRegulations. they are hereby, authorized and empowered to promulgate from time to time such regulations as in their judgment public interests require to govern the establishment and maintenance of private hospitals and asylums, whether for human beings or for domestic animals, and to regulate the issue, suspension, and revocation of licenses aforesaid. Sec. 5. That all prosecutions under this Act shall be in the policeProsecutions. court of the District of Columbia upon information signed by the corporation counsel of said District or by one of his assistants.
Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the provisionsRepeal. of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved, April 20, 1908.