Title 22 — Title 22

Quarantine shall be enforced by the state, by counties and by incorporated cities and towns in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. History: (Code 1907, §736; Code 1923, §1202; Code 1940, T. 22, §141.)

Any master or other person in charge of a vessel in quarantine who shall remove or take, or who shall aid or procure to be removed or taken, such vessel from quarantine before she is given pratique is guilty of a misdemeanor and must, on conviction, be punished accordingly. Histo…

Any person who violates the regulations prescribed by the corporate authorities of any town or city or by the county commissioner of any county in relation to vessels arriving in the harbor or in the vicinity of such town or city, after notice thereof has been given for five days…

Upon the recommendation of the board of health of a county, and subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, quarantine may be proclaimed for a county by the probate judge thereof or, in case of his inability to act, then, by the presiding officer of the county commissio…

When quarantine has been proclaimed for a county, incorporated city or town in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, its enforcement shall be entrusted to the health officer of the county, city or town, respectively, the administration of any one or all of whom shall be…

When a contagious or infectious disease of quarantinable nature exists in a part of a county, the remainder of the county, and any incorporated city or town therein, may establish quarantine against the infected portion or portions of the county in accordance with the following p…

A proclamation of quarantine issued in accordance with the provisions of Section 22-12-14 by the judge of probate, the presiding officer or any two members of the county commission for the protection of a portion of a county shall be enforced by the health officer of the county, …

The expense of enforcing any quarantine for a county, or for a portion thereof, as provided for in Sections 22-12-12 through 22-12-15, shall be defrayed by the county commission of the county; that incurred in conducting a quarantine for an incorporated city or town shall be defr…

Every quarantine declared or established by the authority of any county, incorporated city or town in this state, together with the regulations prescribed thereunder, shall forthwith be reported to the State Health Officer by the health officer of the county, city or town establi…

Any person, coming into a city or town by land from a place infected with a contagious disease, may be compelled to perform quarantine by the health officer and restrained from traveling until discharged; and any person thus restrained, traveling before he is discharged must, on …

The authorities of any incorporated city or town may establish a place of detention for persons who may come from territory under quarantine by such incorporated city or town; but if the place selected is without the limits of the town or city, the assent of the county commission…

The quarantine authority of the state shall be paramount to that of any county, city or town therein. History: (Code 1907, §742; Code 1923, §1208; Code 1940, T. 22, §173.)

Should a person who has been legally placed in detention by a county health officer or quarantine officer attempt to make his escape, such person may be forcibly detained or, should such person make his escape, complaint, on oath, may be made before the judge of probate or a judg…

During the existence of quarantine, state or local, the supervision of trains, buses, aircraft and watercraft affected by such quarantine shall be placed under the State Board of Health; and the quarantine authorities of any county, incorporated city, or town traversed by such ro…

Any person, conductor, captain, agent or manager, operating either for himself or for a corporation a railroad, watercraft or other conveyance for the transportation of passengers or freight, who shall knowingly transport any person or thing in violation of the provisions of this…

(a) Written authority to act as quarantine officer for this state, or for any county, incorporated city or town therein, conducting a quarantine approved by the executive officer of the State Board of Health, shall entitle the holder thereof to board any railroad train, passenger…

All state quarantine officers and guards, upon presentation of such credentials and compliance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health, shall be permitted to pass all quarantine lines established by county, city or town authority. History: (Code 19…

Any legal quarantine officer or guard may, without warrant, arrest a person who attempts to violate a quarantine regulation and carry such person either to a designated place of detention or before an officer having jurisdiction of such offense. History: (Code 1907, §7070; Code 1…

(a) Any person who makes affidavit before a quarantine officer or guard, engaged in enforcing quarantine for the protection of a place which said person wishes to enter, and who furnishes such other evidence as may be prescribed by the State Board of Health that he has not, since…

Whenever in this chapter rights are granted to, or duties imposed upon, the State Board of Health or a county board of health, such rights and such duties may be exercised or executed by the committees of public health or health officers, respectively, of said boards as their leg…

The Governor, whenever he deems it necessary, or the State Board of Health, shall proclaim quarantine, and when proclaimed, said Board of Health shall enforce such quarantine under such regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed. History: (Code 1907, §738; Code 1923, §1…

When proclamation of quarantine has been issued by the Governor, the State Health Officer may, subject to the approval of the State Board of Health, amend the regulations originally adopted and may add to, or take from, the territory under quarantine, provided he reports to the G…

The State Health Officer, or any representative designated by him, may go into any place in this state for the purpose of making such investigations as shall determine the necessity for quarantine. Quarantine may be established, pending such investigation, upon authentic informat…

Should permission for such investigation into the nature of the disease as is provided for in this chapter be refused by the authorities of any place outside of this state, such refusal will constitute ground for declaring quarantine against such place. History: (Code 1907, §740;…

The master of any vessel, ordered to perform quarantine, must deliver, to the officer appointed to see it performed, his bill of health and manifest, logbook and journal; if he fails to do, or to repair, in proper time after notice, to the quarantine ground or departs thence with…