2020 US Code
Title 25 - Indians
Chapter 5 - Protection of Indians
Sec. 198 - Contagious and infectious diseases; quarantine
| 25 U.S.C. § 198 (2020) |
| §198. Contagious and infectious diseases; quarantine |
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Whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall find any Indian afflicted with tuberculosis, trachoma, or other contagious or infectious diseases, he may, if in his judgment the health of the afflicted Indian or that of other persons require it, isolate or quarantine such afflicted Indian in a hospital or other place for treatment. The Secretary of the Interior may employ such means as may be necessary in the isolation, or quarantine, of such Indian, and it shall be the duty of such Indian so afflicted to obey any order or regulation made by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out this provision. |
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(Aug. 1, 1914, ch. 222, §1, 38 Stat. 584.) |
| EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 25 - INDIANS |
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| Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 5 - PROTECTION OF INDIANS Sec. 198 - Contagious and infectious diseases; quarantine |
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| January 13, 2021 |
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| 38 Stat. 584 64 Stat. 1262 |
