2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:3 - State health officer; powers

LA Rev Stat § 40:3 What's This?

§3. State health officer; powers

The state health officer shall at all times take all necessary steps to execute the sanitary laws of the state and to carry out the rules, ordinances and regulations as contained in the state sanitary code. He may issue warrants only to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate any imminent menace to the public health.

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1.

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