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     243.57 Contagious disease; removal of inmates. 

    In case of an epidemic of any infectious or contagious 
 disease in any state correctional facility under control of the 
 commissioner of corrections, by which the health or lives of the 
 inmates may be endangered, the chief executive officer thereof, 
 with the approval of the commissioner of corrections may cause 
 the inmates so affected to be removed to some other secure and 
 suitable place or places for care and treatment; and, if the 
 facility is destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other 
 casualty and becomes unsuitable for proper detention and custody 
 of the inmates, the chief executive officer, with the approval 
 of the commissioner, may remove them, or any number of inmates, 
 to another safe and appropriate place as may be provided.  

    HIST: (10805) RL s 5442; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1979 c 102 s 13; 1981 
 c 192 s 16 

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