Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-119. 1973 Ed., § 6-119a. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 14-194 rewrote the section which had read as follows: "§ 7-133. Persons believed to be carriers of communicable diseases--Order for removal. "Whenever the Director of the Department of Human Services has probable cause to believe that any person is affected with any communicable disease or is a carrier of communicable disease and that the continuance of such person in the place where he may be is likely to be dangerous to the lives or health of other persons, or that by reason of the noncooperation or carelessness of such person the public health is likely to be endangered, the Director of the Department of Human Services may by written order direct the removal by any designated officer or employee of the Department of Human Services or by any member of the Metropolitan Police force of such person to and the detention of such person in any place or institution in the District of Columbia designated by the Director of the Department of Human Services, or any institution located without the District of Columbia which may be designated by the Director of the Department of Human Services, and which is under the supervision of the government of the District of Columbia or any agency thereof. Such officer, employee, or member so designated in such order shall take such person into his custody and shall remove such person to such place or institution as may be designated in such order. Such officer, employee, or member shall immediately make known to such person the contents of such order, and also shall deliver to such person a true copy of such order." Legislative History of Laws For Law 14-194, see notes following § 7-132. Miscellaneous Notes Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101. Health Department abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7- 180. DC CODE § 7-133 Current through December 11, 2012
(Aug. 11, 1939, ch. 601, § 3; Aug. 8, 1946, 60 Stat. 919, ch. 871, § 2; Aug. 1, 1950, 64 Stat. 393, ch. 513, § 1; Oct. 17, 2002, D.C. Law 14-194, § 902(b), 49 DCR 5306.)