2106 - Communicable diseases; almshouses; removal of inmates.

§  2106.  Communicable diseases; almshouses; removal of inmates.  If a  communicable disease exists in any home operated  by  a  public  welfare  district  or  in  the  vicinity thereof, and the physician thereof shall  certify that such disease is  likely  to  endanger  the  health  of  the  inmates  thereof,  the  public  welfare commissioner of the district may  cause such inmates or any of them to be removed to such  other  suitable  place  in the county as the local board of health of the health district  where the almshouse is situated may designate, there  to  be  maintained  and  provided  for  at  the  expense  of  the county, with all necessary  medical care and attendance until they shall be safely returned to  such  home or otherwise discharged.