2006 New York Code - Tuberculosis; Carelessness Of Patients; Violation And Penalty; Duty Of Health Officer.

 
    § 2223. Tuberculosis; carelessness of patients; violation and penalty;
  duty  of  health  officer.   1. Any person having tuberculosis who shall
  dispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion  so
  as  to  cause  offense  or danger to any person or persons occupying the
  same room or apartment, house, or part of a house, shall on complaint of
  any person or persons subjected to such offense  or  danger,  be  deemed
  guilty  of  a  nuisance and any persons subjected to such a nuisance may
  make complaint in person or writing to the health officer of  the  local
  health district where the nuisance complained of is committed.
    2.  It  shall  be  the duty of the local health officer receiving such
  complaint to investigate and if it appears that the nuisance  complained
  of  is  such  as  to cause offense or danger to any person occupying the
  same room, apartment, house or part of a house, he shall serve a  notice
  upon  the person so complained of, reciting the alleged cause of offense
  or danger and requiring him to dispose of his sputum,  saliva  or  other
  bodily  secretion  or  excretion  in  such  a  manner  as  to remove all
  reasonable cause of offense or danger.
    3. Any person failing or refusing to comply with orders or regulations
  of the local health officer  requiring  him  to  cease  to  commit  such
  nuisance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of a misdemeanor and on conviction
  thereof shall be fined not more than ten dollars.