The county supervisor or sheriff of any county, when a prisoner or inmate is placed in his custody who the official has reason to suspect is suffering with tuberculosis, shall have such prisoner or inmate examined by a physician and if such prisoner or inmate shall be pronounced by the examining physician as a tuberculous person, then the prisoner or inmate shall be placed in the separate cell, room or place provided for by Section 44-31-310.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 32-652; 1952 Code Section 32-652; 1942 Code Section 5045; 1932 Code Section 1499; Cr. C. '22 Section 444; 1915 (29) 196.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Section 44-31-20. Reports of bacteriological and pathological laboratories.
Section 44-31-100. Legislative findings; purpose of article.
Section 44-31-105. Emergency order; contents; enforcement; hearings on release.
Section 44-31-120. Commitment of tuberculosis patient; duration.
Section 44-31-130. Appeal of commitment; no stay pending appeal available.
Section 44-31-140. Isolation or forcible detention.
Section 44-31-150. Detention in local detention facility limited.
Section 44-31-190. Construction and application of article.
Section 44-31-200. Promulgation of regulations authorized.
Section 44-31-320. Examination of prisoners or inmates by physician.
Section 44-31-330. Examination within five days after commitment.
Section 44-31-350. Association of prisoners on public works not prohibited.
Section 44-31-520. Payment for medical care and hospitalization.
Section 44-31-610. Creation, membership, and duties of Tuberculosis Control Advisory Committee.