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§  2100.  Communicable  diseases;  local  boards  of health and health
officers; powers and duties.  1. Every local board of health  and  every
health officer shall guard against the introduction of such communicable
diseases  as  are  designated  in  the sanitary code, by the exercise of
proper and vigilant medical inspection and control of  all  persons  and
things infected with or exposed to such diseases.
  2. Every local board of health and every health officer may:

(a) provide for care and isolation of cases of communicable disease in a hospital or elsewhere when necessary for protection of the public health and,

(b) subject to the provisions of the sanitary code, prohibit and prevent all intercourse and communication with or use of infected premises, places and things, and require, and if necessary, provide the means for the thorough purification and cleansing of the same before general intercourse with the same or use thereof shall be allowed.