Tennessee § 68-1-202 - Quarantine stations.
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§ 68-1-202. Quarantine stations.
The commissioner shall select suitable localities for establishing quarantine stations, and may erect necessary temporary buildings for the disinfection of passengers, baggage, cargo and other matter believed to convey the contagious principle of cholera, yellow fever, smallpox and other epidemic diseases, and may enforce the transshipment of passengers as the commissioner may deem necessary. The commissioner shall assign to the charge of each station a competent physician and necessary assistants, who shall receive such compensation as the commissioner may deem reasonable and just. Acts 1879, ch. 151, § 2; Shan., §§ 3097, 3098; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 46; Code 1932, §§ 5759, 5760; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 53-106, 53-107. Collateral References. Personal liability of health officer. 24 A.L.R. 798 .
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Section 68-1-202 ("Quarantine stations.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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