Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 129 – Threatened epidemics; appointment of officers to enforce regulations …
With the exception of circumstances encompassed by Title 20, when any contagious or infectious disease shall become or threaten to become epidemic, and the local authorities shall neglect or refuse to enforce efficient measures for its prevention, the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee may appoint a medical officer and such assistants as the Department or Division may require and authorize such medical officer to enforce such orders or regulations as the Secretary deems necessary. Provisions of Title 20 which conflict with provisions of this section shall take precedence over this section.
19 Del. Laws, c. 642, § ?11; 22 Del. Laws, c. 327, § ?6; Code 1915, § ?742; 33 Del. Laws, c. 57, § ?4; 34 Del. Laws, c. 69, § ?1; Code 1935, § ?748; 16 Del. C. 1953, § ?128; 57 Del. Laws, c. 591, § ?12; 59 Del. Laws, c. 276, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §§ ?38-40; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 544, § ?25; 73 Del. Laws, c. 355, § ?3;
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 129
- Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101