Chap. 41.—An ACT for the prevention of Tuberculosis.

Approved February 15, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That it shall
be the duty of the sheriff, superintendent or other person in charge
or control of any prison, almshouse, hospital, or other institution
deriving the whole or any part of its support from the public funds of
the State of Virginia, or any city, town, or county in the State of Vir-
ginia, having under his care any person known or suspected to be
suffering from pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis, to have that per-
son examined within forty-eight hours by the physician of said institu-
tion, and, if said person is reported by said physician to be suffering
from pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis, said sheriff or superintendent
shall, within twenty-four hours after this report, make or cause to be
made in the manner and form prescribed by the State board of health,
a record of the name, age, color, sex, occupation, social condition, and
former residence of the person so affected, together with such other
information as may seem necessary or important. And all such records
shall be delivered under seal to the State board of health within forty-
eight hours after the records are made. Any sheriff, superintendent,
or other person charged with a duty under this section who shall fail
or refuse to comply with the requirements of this section, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each
offence.

2. The sheriff, superintendent, or other person in charge or control
of any prison, almshouse, hospital, or other institution, deriving the
whole or any part of its support from the public funds of the State
of Virginia, or any city, town or county in the State of Virginia, shall
within forty-eight hours separate any person under his care, who has
been reported by the physician of the institution as suffering from
pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis, from the other inmates of the
institution, who are not so affected. For this purpose suitable rooms,
apartments, or tents shall, where practicable, be provided by the board
of supervisors of the county, the councils of the city or town, or the
board of directors in charge of the various aforesaid institutions in
which cases of pulmonary or laryngeal tuberculosis have been reported.
Any person charged with a duty under this section, who shall fail or
refuse to comply with the requirements of this section, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be subject
to a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offence.

3. The apartments occupied by any consumptive shall be deemed
infected, and, when vacated by the death or removal of said consumptive
occupant, shall be disinfected by the board of health of the city, town
or county in which such apartments are situated, and renovated ac-
cording to the directions of said board of health. And it shall be the
duty of the householder, physician, or other person having knowledge
of the facts to notify the local board of health within forty-eight hours
after the death or removal of a person affected with pulmonary or
laryngeal tuberculosis. Any person failing to comply with the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
on conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) for each offence.

4. Any person who knowingly lets for hire or causes or permits any-
one to occupy apartments previously occupied by a consumptive, before
such apartments have been disinfected by a board of health and reno-
vated according to the directions of said board of health, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be
subject to a fine not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each offense.