§ 1054 Tuberculosis clinic and treatment program

18 V.S.A. § 1054 (N/A)
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§ 1054. Tuberculosis clinic and treatment program

(a) The Department shall visit all newly reported cases or suspect cases of tuberculosis with periodic follow-up visits as deemed necessary.

(b) The Department shall provide for:

(1) prompt examination of all suspects and contacts;

(2) chemotherapeutic treatment of all active cases attending this clinic; and hospitalization in accordance with sections 1047-1051 of this title;

(3) chemotherapy for converters and inactive cases;

(4) the reevaluation and reexamination of inactive cases as medically indicated. (Added 1961, No. 270, §§ 1-3, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; amended 1973, No. 89, § 3; 1997, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 272.)