N.Y. Public Health Law § 2100: Communicable diseases; local boards of health and health officers; powers and duties

§ 2100. Communicable diseases; local boards of health and health

officers; powers and duties. 1. Every local board of health and every

health officer shall guard against the introduction of such communicable

diseases as are designated in the sanitary code, by the exercise of

proper and vigilant medical inspection and control of all persons and

things infected with or exposed to such diseases.

2. Every local board of health and every health officer may:

(a) provide for care and isolation of cases of communicable disease in

a hospital or elsewhere when necessary for protection of the public

health and,

(b) subject to the provisions of the sanitary code, prohibit and

prevent all intercourse and communication with or use of infected

premises, places and things, and require, and if necessary, provide the

means for the thorough purification and cleansing of the same before

general intercourse with the same or use thereof shall be allowed.