§3. State health officer; powers
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.
Acts 1976, No. 346, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.