15 MAC Pt. 2, Ch. 1, R. 1.6.1
The local health officer is authorized to examine, treat, and/or isolate at his or her
Cite as 15 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 2, Ch. 1, R. 1.6.1
The local health officer is authorized to examine, treat, and/or isolate at his or her
discretion or under the direction of the State Health Officer any person who, on
credible information, is suspected of suffering from any communicable disease, or
who is a contact with a known case of such disease or may be a carrier or have the
disease in the incubation or prodromal phase. Said suspect or contact shall be
notified in writing to report to a reasonable place at a reasonable time for such
examination. Should the suspect or contact refuse to submit to examination
satisfactory to the health officer, said suspect or contact shall be prosecuted at law
to compel compliance and/or be isolated in a manner prescribed by the health
officer until the danger of transmitting the disease in question has passed. In the
event that the aforementioned suspect or contact is a minor, the parent or guardian
shall be apprised of the facts and requested to deliver said minor for examination.
In the event of refusal, the health officer shall maintain action at law to compel
compliance of the parent or guardian and/or impose isolation as necessary.