Mississippi § 71-1-25 - County health officer to inspect.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 71-1-25 — County health officer to inspect., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 71-1-25. County health officer to inspect.
It shall be the duty of the county health officer to visit, without notice of his intention to do so, all mills, canneries, workshops, factories, or manufacturing establishments employing child labor within his county at least twice each year, or oftener if requested by the sheriff, and to promptly report to the sheriff any unsanitary condition of the premises, any child or children afflicted with infectious, contagious, or communicable diseases, or whose physical condition renders such child or children incapacitated to perform the work required of them. The sheriff shall promptly remove such child or children from such mill, cannery, workshop, factory, or manufacturing establishment, and order the premises put in sanitary condition. The judgment of the county health officer as to the physical condition of the children and the sanitary condition of the premises shall be final and conclusive.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 71-1-25 ("County health officer to inspect.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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