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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 863, No Ordinance NumberAIT ORDINANCE TO PR_TrNT TEE SPR -;AD 01' T:MN:R?.AL DISI�lSES. BE IT ORDr_IIEED BY THE BOARD OF C01,111ISS.IOI!_?RS OF THI: CITY OF PADUC_9H, YLNTUCY_Y: VENE1?_' AI. DIS; %_Si:S DECLARED DA1TG '2OUS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH. -- Syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, hereinafter designated venereal dis- eases, are hereby declared to be contagious, infectious, communicable and dangerous to the public health. SECTION 1. VENEREAL DISEASES TO B3 REPORT'_D.--Any physician or other person who makes a diagnosis in, or treats, a case of syphilis, gonorrhea, or chan- croid, and every superintendent or manager of a hospital, dispensary, or charitable or penal institution, in which there is a case of venereal dis- ease, shall by number report such cese immediately in uniting to the Health Officer of the City of Paducah, retaining the name and address, the office number, age, sex, color, and occupation, of the diseased person, and the date of onset of the dise,,!se, and the probable source of the in- fection, provided, that the name and address of the diseased person need not be stated, except as hereinafter specifically required. The report shall be inclosed in a sealed envelope and sent to the Health Officer of the City of Paducah, who shall report at least once in every three months on the prescribed form to the State Board of Health all cases reported to him. SECT ION 2. PATIENTS TO BE GIVEN IRFORTZATION --It shall be the duty of every physician and of every other person who examines or treats a person hav- ing syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, to instruct him in measures for preventing the spread of such disease, and inform him of the necessity for treatment until cured. Si?CTION 3. INVESTIGATION OF CASES. --The City Health Officer, or his deputy, shall use every available means to ascertain the existence of, and to investigate, all cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, within the Ordinance No. City of Paducah and to ascertain the sources of such infections. The Health Officer, or his deputy, is hereb2% empowered and directed to make such examinations of persons reasonably suspected of having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, as may be necessary for carrying out these regulations. Owing to the prevalence of such diseases among prostitutes and persons associated with them; all such persons are to be considered within the above class. i SECTION 4. PROTECTION OF OTHERS FROM INFECTIONS BY V]:PTFiRFA.LIY DISEASED PER- SONS. --Upon receipt of a report of a case of venereal disease, it shall be the duty of the Health Officer to institute measures for the pro- tection of other persons from infection by such venereally dise-,sed person. (a) The Health Officer, or his deputy, is authorized and di- rected to quarantine persons who have, or are reasonably suspected of having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, whenever, in the opinion of said Health Officer, or the State Board of Health, or its secretary, quarantine is necessary for the protection of the public health. In establishing quarantine the Health Officer, or his deputy, shall des- ignate and define the limits of the area in which the person known to have, or reasonably suspected of having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chan- croid, and his immediate attendant are to be quarantined and no persons other than the attending physici,,,ns shall enter or leave the area of quarantine without the permission of the Health Officer. Every breach of quarantine ai;d everIT refusal to abide by it shall be considered a violation of this ordinance and each hour such breach or refusal continues shall be considered a separate violation. No one but the Health Officer, or his deputy shall terminate such quarantine, and this shall not be done until. the diseased person has be- come noninfectious, as determined by the local health officer o,( his authorized deputy through the clinical examination and all necessary laboratory test, or u Ail Permission has been given him so to do by the State Board of Health or its secretary. (b) The local Health Officer shall inform all persons who are about to be released from quarantine for venereal disease, in case they are not cured, what further treatment should be taken to complete their cure. Any person not cured before release from quarantine shall be re- quired to sign the follo,,,ving statement after the blank spaces have boen filled to the satisfaction of the Health Officer. "I, , residing at hereby acknowledge the fact that I am at this time infected with and a_ree to place myself under the medical care of within hours, No., K - Ordinance No. and that I will remain under treatment of said physician or clinic until released by the Health Officer of the City of or until my case is transferred with the approval of said Health Officer to another regular- ly licensed physician or an apl:roved clinic. "I hereby agree to report to the Health Officer within four days after beginning treatment as above agreed, and will bring with me a statement from the above physician or clinic of the medical treatment applied in my case, and thereafter will report as often as may be demanded of me by the Health Officer. "I agree, further, that I ti=rill take all precautions recommended by the Health Officer to prevent the spread of the above disease to other persons, and that I will not perform any act which would expose other persons to the above disease. "I agree, until. finally released b, the Health Officer, to notify him of any change of address and to obtain his consent before moving my abode outside his jurisdiction. Signature Date it All persons signing the above agreements shall observe its provisions, and any failure so to do shall be a violation of this Ordi- nance. All such agreements shall be filed with the Heatlh Officer and kept inaccessible to the public as provided in Rule 10." SECTION 5. CONDITIONS LJKD�M "rlIIOH THE I?AI:E OF A PATIrNT IS REC,UIRED TO BE REPORT.-- (a) then a person applies to a physician or other person for the diagnosis or treatment of syphilis, gonorrhea or chancroid, it shall be the duty of the physician or person so consulted to inquire of and astertain from the person seeking such disgnosis or treatment whether such person has theretofore consulted •.ith or has been treated by any other physician or person last consulted. It shall be the duty of the applicant for diagnosis or treatment to furnish this information, and a ,.refusal to do so or a falsification of the name and address of such physi- cian or person consulted by such applicant shall be deemed a violation of this Ordir_ance. It shall be the duty of the physician or other. person whom the applicant consults ' to notify the physician other person last con- sulted of the change of advisers. Should the physician or person pre- �viously consulted fail to receive such notice within ten days after the last date upon which the patient was instructed by him to appear, it shall I jbe the duty of such physician or person to report to the local Health Officer the name and address of such venereally diseased person. (b) If an attending physician or other person knows or has No. 6 6 Ordinance No. good reason to suspect that a person having syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid is so conducting himself or herself as to expose other per sons to infection, or is about so to conduct himself or herself he shall no- tify the Health Officer of the name and address of the diseased person and the essential facts of 'the case. SECTION; 6. DRUGGIST FORBIDDEN TO PRESCRIBE FOR VENIMEAL DISEASES. ---No druggist or other person not a physician licensed under the laws of the State shall prescribe or recommend to any person any drugs, medicines, or other substances to be used for the cure or alleviation of gonorrhea, syphilis, or chancroid, or shall compound any drugs or medicines for sai purpose from any written formula or order not written for the person for whom the drugs or medicines are compounded and not signed by a physi- cian licensed under the laws of the State. SECT I0 N1 7. SPREAD OF VEN1RLAI. DIS2aSE UI?IA:JFUL.--It shall be a violation of this Ordinance for any infected person knowingly to expose another person to infection with any of the said venereal disease or for any person to perform an act which exposes another person to infection with venereal disease. SEC TION 8. PROSTITUTION TO BE REPRESSED. --Prostitution is hereby declared to be a prolific source of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chancroid, and the repression of prostitution is declared to be a public health measure. The Health Officer is therefore directed to cooperate with the proper officials whose duty it is to enforce lows directed against prostitu- tion and otherwise to use every proper means for the repression of prostitution. SECTION 9. GIVING CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM FROM VENERFAL DISFASES PRHHIBIT- ED,c--Physicians, health bfficers, and all other persons are prohibited from issuing certificates of freedom from venereal disease, provided -this rule shall not prevent the issuance of necessary statements of freedom from infectious diseases written in such form or given under such safeguards that their use in solicitation for sexual intercourse would be possible. SECTION 10. RECORDS TO BE SECRET. --dill information and reports concerning persons infected ,iith venereal diseases shall be inaccessible to the public except in so far as publicity may attend the performance of the duties imposed by these regulations and by the laws of the State. SECTION 11. The duties and authority herein imposed on and given the Health AiL No. Ye, 2— Ordinance No.___ Officer may be performed and exercised by any of his assistants.. SECTION 12. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) Dollars nor more than Fifty ($50.00) Dollars. SECTION 13. iii This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage. Mayor. REUUIUA) JULY 11th, 1922. PUBLISHED- 1922.