Chap. 66.—An ACT to require the reporting of cases of infectious, contagious,
communicable and dangerous disease to boards of health.

Approved February 28, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That every
physician practicing in this Commonwealth who shall know or suspect
that any person whom he or she is called upon to visit, or who comes to
him or her for examination or treatment, is suffering frou any infectious,
contagious, communicable and dangerous disease shall make report in
writing, on blanks to be furnished for that purpose by the State board of
health, to the executive officer of the board of health of the county, town
or city in which such person may be located, over his or her own signa-
ture, stating the name of the disease, and the name, color, sex and age
of the person suffering therefrom, together with the street and number
or such other sufficient designation of the house, room or other place in
which said person may be located, and such other information as may
be deemed necessary by said health authorities.

2. The State board of health is hereby authorized to prepare and
promulgate from time to time, a list of diseases considered as infectious,
contagious, communicable or dangerous within the meaning of this act,
and to prescribe the manner and time of the report call for by the preced-
ing section.

3. For failure to comply with the provisions of this act the physician
s0 failing shall be fined not less than one nor more than five dollars for
each offense.

4. This act shall not apply to cities having their own health depart-
ment, to which the reports above referred to are made, and which are
required by law to report to the State board of health.