Chap. 307.—An ACT to require the reporting of cases of infectious, con-
tagious, communicable and dangerous disease to boards of health.

Approved March 16, 1910.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That every phy-
sician, 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 from an infectious, con-
tagious, communicable and dangerous disease shall make report in writ-
ing, 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 ner own signature,
stating the name of the disease, and the name, color, sex, and ave 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 pro-
mulgate from time to time a list of diseases considered as infectious,
contagious, communicable or dangerous within the meaning of thus act,
and to prescribe the manner and time of the report called for by the pre-
ceding section.

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

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