§801. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW).] 1. Commissioner. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. [PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW); PL 2003, c. 689, Pt. B, §7 (REV).] 2. Communicable disease. […]
§802. Authority of department 1. Authority. To carry out this chapter, the department may: A. Designate and classify communicable, environmental and occupational diseases; [PL 2005, c. 383, §6 (AMD).] B. Establish requirements for reporting and other surveillance methods for measuring the occurrence of communicable, occupational and environmental diseases and the potential for epidemics; […]
§803. Inspection If the department has reasonable grounds to believe that there exists a public health threat, either on public or private property, a duly authorized agent of the department may enter any place, building, vessel, aircraft or common carrier with the permission of the owner, agent or occupant where the public health threat is […]
§804. Penalties 1. Rules enforced. All agents of the department, local health officers, sheriffs, state and local law enforcement officers and other officials designated by the department are authorized to enforce the rules of the department made pursuant to section 802 to the extent that enforcement is authorized in those rules. [PL 2007, c. […]
§805. Court orders Upon complaint made to any judge of the District Court, the judge may issue any order enforcing a subpoena, warrant or prior order necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter and of the rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter. [PL 1989, c. 487, §11 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1989, c. […]
§806. Exclusion from school 1. Dismissal. In the event of an actual or threatened outbreak of a communicable disease or other public health threat, the department may order that any person attending or working in a school or day care facility be excluded until the department determines that a public health threat no longer exists. […]
