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Title 18 : Health
Chapter 021 : Communicable Diseases
Subchapter 002 : Tuberculosis
(Cite as: 18 V.S.A. § 1054)-
§ 1054. Tuberculosis clinic and treatment program
(a) The Department shall visit all newly reported cases or suspect cases of tuberculosis with periodic follow-up visits as deemed necessary.
(b) The Department shall provide for:
(1) prompt examination of all suspects and contacts;
(2) chemotherapeutic treatment of all active cases attending this clinic; and hospitalization in accordance with sections 1047-1051 of this title;
(3) chemotherapy for converters and inactive cases;
(4) the reevaluation and reexamination of inactive cases as medically indicated. (Added 1961, No. 270, §§ 1-3, eff. Aug. 1, 1961; amended 1973, No. 89, § 3; 1997, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 272.)
