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HomeMy WebLinkAbout010 - 11/06/1918 - RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE) M Ordinance No. , 1918. BEING AN EMERGENCY ORIMNKNCE RF'LATINC.. TC THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTICIT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH. BE IT ORDAINFD BY TFIE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT CO ITS. Se^. 1. Syphilis, cnorrhea, and ehancreid are hereby denim ated as venereal diseases, c2nd are hereby recognized and declared to be contaicus, communicable, infectious and dangerous to the public health. Sec . 2 . The Board of Health of the City of Fort Collins is hereby empowered and authorized thru its Health Officer for the purpose of protecting the public health, to quaran- tine, isolate, and treat until no longer infectious all cases cf venereal diseases described in Section 1 of this ordinance, when in the judgment cf the Beard of Health upon the report of its Health Officer, they are cetermined to be a menace to the public health of the inhabitants of the City of Fort Collins . Sec . 3. All physicians in attendance at any hospital or institution, or rho are prescribing or attendin_ any priv- ate patient afflicted :with any of said venereal diseases, or any physician havin` any kncwle--_e that any person is suffer- ing from, any of said diseases, shal-.—within forty-eight (48) hours after obtaining such kncwled_e, make a written report to the City Board of Health thru its Health Officer, tgiving the name, a&?rees and occupation of the person. Sec. 4. All druggists and other persons filling any prescription or selling any medicine for the relief or cure of any of said venereal diseases shall keep a record thereof in a blank book properly prepared for such purposes and shall -1- I within forty-eight (48) hours after filling such prescrip- tion or selling or dispensing such remedies for such purposes, report in .,riting the name, addreee Lne, occupation of the person or persons for whom such prescription is intended or remedy sold or dispensed to the City Board of Health thru its Health Officer. No prescription shall be filled or remedy sold by any physician or other person unless the person apply— ing therefor shall give the name, address and occupation of the person for whom such remedy it to be used. And any per- son applying to any druggist or other person to have any pre- scription filled or to purchase any remedy for said venereal diseases or reporting any cases of venereal disease to the Health Officer, who have falsely reported the name, address or occupation of the person having, such venereal disease or the person for whom the prescription or remedy is intended shall be deemed guilty of having violated this ordinance. The record provided ty this section to be kept by the drug- gist as well as the record of the Board of Health and its Health Officer are hereby declared to be confidential rec- ords for the information of the Board of Health and its Health Officer only, and under no circumstances to be for the inspec- tion of the general public . i Sec . 5. All persons in charge cf any hospitals, sanitari- ums or other institutions in vihich any person is being treated for any of said venereal diseases, or is found tc have the same, shall �:ithin forty-eight (48) hours after such diseases are discovered report the name, address and occupation of the person or persons so afflicted to the City Board of Health thru its Health Officer . -a- Sec. S. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall; upon conviction be fined in any sum not to exceed Three Hundred ( 300 .00) Dollars or imprisoned not to exceed Ninety (90) Days. Sec . 7 In the opinion of the City Council, an emergency exists, and this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publi- cation pursuant to the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article I4 of the City Charter. Introduced, read at length and adapted by the unanimous vote of all the members of the council this Ath day of Ztex, A. D. 1918L4 J Commiesion�Sa_fety and Ex-Of£icic Ifayor. City Clerk. -3- STATE OF COLORADO SS. COUNTY OF LARI?4ER ) I, A. J. Rosenc,t, City Clerk of the City, of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the fore- going ordinance consisting of seven (7) sections -es duly proposed and reLd at length at a meeting of the City Council held on the 3 day of 8 , A. D. 1918 and was duly adopted and ordered published in The Fort Collins Express, a daily newspaper, by the unanimous vote of all the members cf the Counoil as an emergency ordinance in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter; and thereafter and on to-wit, the day of 6c. A. D. 1918, said Ordinance No . /O was duly published in The Fort Collins Express, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, IN IFITNESS WHEREOF, I have hersunto set my hand axid affixed the seal of said city this d day of A. D. 1918. ity Clerk.