{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-3","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:3","heading":"State health officer; powers","body":"The state health officer shall at all times take all necessary steps to execute the sanitary laws of the state and to carry out the rules, ordinances, and regulations as contained in the state sanitary code. He may issue warrants only to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate any imminent menace to the public health.","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=98360","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:18Z","sha256":"242afa9ab76e8b57790f47a294ae07892cf2dc264eefeb5dbeef8046bacadf99","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-2","next":"us-la/rs-40-3.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}