The state director of health or any county or municipal health officer shall inquire into and investigate all nuisances affecting the public health within his jurisdiction; and the said director or any such officer or the county commission of any county or any municipality is authorized and empowered to apply to the circuit court of the county in which any such nuisance exists, or to the judge thereof in vacation, for an injunction forthwith to restrain, prevent or abate such nuisance.
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Article 3. Prevention and Control of Communicable and Other Infectious Diseases
§16-3-3. Communicable Diseases on Vessels or Trains; Offenses; Penalty
§16-3-4. Compulsory Immunization of School Children; Information Disseminated; Offenses; Penalties
§16-3-4a. Influenza Immunizations
§16-3-4c. Prohibiting Proof of Covid-19 Vaccination
§16-3-5. Distribution of Free Vaccine Preventives of Disease
§16-3-6. Nuisances Affecting Public Health
§16-3-7. Inflammation of the Eyes of the Newborn
§16-3-9. Inflammation of the Eyes of the Newborn -- Duties of Local Health Officer
§16-3-10. Inflammation of Eyes of Newborn -- Use of an Appropriate Medication as Prophylactic
§16-3-11. Same -- Duty of Clerk of County Commission
§16-3-12. Same -- Duties of the State Director of Health; Duties of Board of Health