RS 40:24 — Issuance of warrants by health officer; general duties of officer


§24.  Issuance of warrants by health officer; general duties of officer

The parish health officer may issue warrants only to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate an imminent menace to the public health in his parish.

He shall issue all orders and warrants, subject to the limitations above, and take all necessary steps to execute the sanitation laws of the state under the state health officer and to carry out the rules, regulations and ordinances of the Department of Health and Hospitals.  

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1.  Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978.