Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-02-05

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Board of Health, and shall be prose-
cuted accordingly.
Secretary of the State Board Of Health
Shall Supervise Local Boards.
Rule rs. Section 1. The Secretary
of the State Board of Health is the
Executive officer of the Board He
shall have general supervision over
all Local Boards in the enforcement
of quarantine and the prevention Of
infectious diseases. When he has
reason to believe that the regulations
of this Board are not properly en-
forced by the Local Board of any city,
town or township, and that the public
health is endangered by reason of
such neglect upon the part of any
such Local Board, he shall instruct
the officials of said Board regarding
their duties, and in the event of their
failure to conform to such instruc-
tons, shall notify the President Of
the State Board of Health, who may
convene the State Board in special
session, whereupon the said Board
shall, IL it deem necessary, immediate
ly assume control within the terri.
torial jurisdiction of such Local Board,
and shall continue in control until
such time as there is no further dan.
ger to the public. All expenses thus
incurred by the State Board or its
representatives, shall be paid as pro-
vided for in Section 2572 of the Code,
as amended by Chapter 107, Acts of
the Goth General Assembly.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the State
Board of Health or any member
thereof is hereby authorized to enter
and leave any and all quarantined
premises within the State. when
necessary to make an investigation or
to enforce the regulations of the
State Board of Health.
Local Boards to Keep Record.
Rule 26. The Mayor of each incor-
porated city or town, and the Clerk
OF the Township, shall keep com.
plete record of all cases of contagious
or infectious diseases reported within
his jurisdiction; said record shall in.
clude the name, age, sex, social con.
dition and address of each patient,
and the name of the attending physi.
clan. and nurse, the date of quaran.
tine and release, the date of disinfec-
ton. and the name of the person who
disinfected the premises. A copy OF
said record shall be forwarded to the
Secretary of the State Board of Health
by the LIST day of August in each year,
and shall include all data recorded
up to and including June 30th pre-.
ceding.
Health Officer, Election, Qualifications
and Compensation Of.
Rule 27. Every Local Board OF
Health. shall at its first meeting in
April of each year, elect a competent
physician as Health Officer whose
term of office shall be one year. un.
less sooner removed by said Board or
the acts of body having superior
jurisdiction. In the event of such
removal, or If a vacancy occur from
other causes, the Board shall i'm.
mediately proceed to fill such vacancy.
To be qualified for election as Health
Officer. the person selected must be
the legal holder of certificate regularly
issued by the State Board of Medical
Examiners of this state authorizing
him to practice medicine in the State
of Iowa, and said certificate must be
recorded in the office of the County
Recorder of the county wherein he
resides. The physician selected as
Health Officer should be the most
competent person available for this
position. The salary of the Health
Officer shall be determined by the
Local Board of Health, and should be
an amount sufficient to compensate
him for the time and ability required
to properly discharge the duties OF
his office.
Duties of the Health Officer.
Rule %. The Health Officer shall be
the sanitary advisor of the Local
Board of Health, and in addition there
to shall personally inspect the schools
and all public buildings, and public
utilities within the jurisdiction of the
Local Board He shall require the
owners, managers, or superintendent
of all such institution to conduct and
maintain the same in a proper sani-
tary condition, and order persons af-
fected with any transmissible disease
or ailment excluded from the schools
and other places used by the general
public. All orders for the release of
quarantine in incorporated cities or
towns, must have the approval of the
Health officer before such orders are
valid In cases of sickness where no
physician Is in attendance, the Health
Officer shall investigate as to the
character of such sickness, and report
TO the Mayor or Township Clerk, and
in like circumstances, when the sick
ness is caused by an infectious dis
ease. determine the fact of recovery
He shall also attend and represent his
Local Board at the sanitary confer
ences called by the State Board Of
Health, his actual expenses therefor
being allowed and paid by the Local
Board Of Health so represented
Revocation of Physicians Certificate.
Rule 2e. If any Physician or Osteo-
path fail or neglect to conform to
quarantine regulations or to promptly
report cases of infectious disease to
which he has been called profession
ally, TO the Mayor or Township Clerk,
that oGiclal shall make affidavit set
ting forth the facts and the names Of
witnesses thereto, and file same with
the Secretary of the state Board Of
Health, whereupon the offender shall
be cited TO appear before the State
Board OF Medical Examiners and show
cause why his certificate should not
be suspended or revoked.
Adopted August %, 1907.