Section 21. Specific Repeals.--
The following acts and all amendments thereto are hereby repealed absolutely:
(1) The act, approved the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred thirty-four (Pamphlet Laws 161), entitled "An act to protect the citizens of this Commonwealth from injuries arising from Mad Dogs running at large."
(2) The act, approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirteen (Pamphlet Laws 443), entitled "An act for the prevention of blindness, by requiring the reporting of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum (inflammation of the eyes of infants) by physicians, midwives and others, and requiring the reporting of results of treatment of each case of said disease, and fixing a penalty for violation thereof."
(3) The act, approved the twenty-sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws 299), Act No. 150, entitled "An act requiring the examination and treatment for venereal diseases of prisoners convicted of crime or pending trial, and authorizing the State Department of Health to make suitable rules and regulations for its enforcement."
(4) The act, approved the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred twenty-one (Pamphlet Laws 636), entitled "A supplement to an act, approved the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one (Pamphlet Laws three hundred and seventy-nine), entitled 'An act to provide for the selection of a site and the erection of a State asylum for the chronic insane, to be called the State Asylum for the Chronic Insane of Pennsylvania, and making an appropriation therefor;' providing for the quarantine, and for the reception, detention, care, and treatment, at said asylum, of persons suffering with syphilis, and for their commitment thereto; and providing for the payment of the cost of commitment, care, and maintenance of such persons, in the same manner as insane persons."
(5) The act, approved the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws 888), entitled "An act to safeguard human life and health throughout the Commonwealth by providing for the reporting, quarantining, and control of diseases declared communicable by this act or by regulation of the Department of Health; providing for the prevention of infection therefrom; and prescribing penalties."
(6) The act, approved the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred twenty-seven (Pamphlet Laws 60), entitled "An act to amend sections nine and ten of the act, approved the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws 888), entitled 'An act to safeguard human life and health throughout the Commonwealth by providing for the reporting, quarantining, and control of diseases declared communicable by this act or by regulation of the Department of Health; providing for the prevention of infection therefrom; and prescribing penalties.'"
(7) The act, approved the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred thirty-seven (Pamphlet Laws 751), entitled "An act to amend sections one, two, three and section nine, as amended, of the act, approved the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws 888), entitled 'An act to safeguard human life and health throughout the Commonwealth by providing for the reporting, quarantining, and control of diseases declared communicable by this act or by regulation of the Department of Health; providing for the prevention of infection therefrom; and prescribing penalties,' by eliminating lists of communicable diseases, and giving authority to the Department of Health to declare by regulation what diseases are communicable or communicable and quarantinable; shortening reports required of physicians in such cases; clarifying the duration of placarding; and empowering the Department of Health to obtain additional information from local health authorities."
(8) The act, approved the fifteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws 363), entitled "An act to amend sections two, three, four and six of the act, approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws 443), entitled 'An act for the prevention of blindness, by requiring the reporting of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum (inflammation of the eyes of infants) by physicians, midwives and others, and requiring the reporting of results of treatment of each case of said disease, and fixing a penalty for violation thereof,' by imposing duties on public health nurses, social workers, county medical directors and physicians and increasing penalties for violation of said act."
(9) The act approved the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine (Pamphlet Laws 808), entitled "An act for the prevention of congenital syphilis; providing for and regulating the taking of serological tests of certain women pregnant with child and requiring notation thereof on the birth and still-birth certificates of their children; imposing duties upon the Department of Health and upon physicians and other persons attending women pregnant with child and imposing penalties."
(10) The act approved the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred forty-five (Pamphlet Laws 203), entitled "An act to provide assistance for typhoid fever carriers and persons having typhoid fever carriers in their households and imposing certain responsibilities upon the Secretary of Health, the Secretary of Public Assistance, and the Secretary of Welfare in connection therewith."
(11) The act, approved the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred forty-five (Pamphlet Laws 577), entitled "An act for the prevention, control and cure of venereal diseases by requiring certain persons to submit to physical examination and blood tests; providing for the treatment of certain persons; requiring reports to be made to the State Department of Health; imposing duties upon and authorizing and directing the Secretary of Health to make rules and regulations, and to disseminate certain information; regulating the advertisement and restricting the sale of certain drugs and remedies and imposing penalties."
(12) The act, approved the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred forty-seven (Pamphlet Laws 177), entitled "An act to amend section two of the act, approved the eleventh day of April, one thousand nine hundred forty-five (Pamphlet Laws 203), entitled 'An act to provide assistance for typhoid fever carriers and persons having typhoid fever carriers in their households and imposing certain responsibilities upon the Secretary of Health, the Secretary of Public Assistance, and the Secretary of Welfare, in connection therewith,' by fixing the date on which financial assistance shall begin."
(13) The act, approved the tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred forty-seven (Pamphlet Laws 491), entitled "An act to amend section five of the act, approved the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred forty-five (Pamphlet Laws 577), entitled 'An act for the prevention, control and cure of venereal diseases by requiring certain persons to submit to physical examination and blood tests; providing for the treatment of certain persons; requiring reports to be made to the State Department of Health; imposing duties upon and authorizing and directing the Secretary of Health to make rules and regulations, and to disseminate certain information; regulating the advertisement and restricting the sale of certain drugs and remedies and imposing penalties,' authorizing county jails to receive persons under quarantine, and providing for reimbursement by the Commonwealth."
(14) The act, approved the twenty-fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred fifty-one (Pamphlet Laws 1333), entitled "An act to amend sections one, two, three and five of the act, approved the fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen (Pamphlet Laws 443), entitled 'An act for the prevention of blindness, by requiring the reporting of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum (inflammation of the eyes of infants) by physicians, midwives and others, and requiring the reporting of results of treatment of each case of said disease, and fixing a penalty for violation thereof,' by adding county departments of health or joint-county departments of health to the health authorities to which cases of ophthalmia neonatorum must be reported."
(15) The act, approved the twenty-sixth day of September, one thousand nine hundred fifty-one (Pamphlet Laws 1499), entitled "An act to amend sections one and two, as amended, sections four, five, six, seven and eight, and sections nine and ten, as amended, of the act, approved the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three (Pamphlet Laws 888), entitled 'An act to safeguard human life and health throughout the Commonwealth by providing for the reporting, quarantining, and control of diseases declared communicable by this act or by regulation of the Department of Health; providing for the prevention of infection therefrom; and prescribing penalties,' by changing the method of approval of communicable disease regulations by the advisory health board, and by adding counties which have established a county department of Health or joint-county department of health to the political subdivisions required or empowered to perform certain duties relating to the reporting, quarantining, and control of diseases declared communicable by law or regulation."