New Jersey Statutes 26:4-17. Physicians to report persons affected with disease on dairy premises
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:4-17
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Every physician who shall attend any person ill or infected with any communicable disease required by law or the State Sanitary Code to be reported, on any premises where milk is produced for sale or distribution, shall report such fact to the State Department of Health within 12 hours after he has first ascertained that any such person is ill or infected with any of said diseases.
The report shall be in writing and shall state the nature of the disease, the name of the person who is ill or infected with the disease, the location of the place where the person is ill or infected, the name of the owner or manager of the dairy premises if the same can be ascertained and such other information as may be required by regulation of the State Department of Health.
Amended by L.1954, c. 263, p. 949, s. 3.