Section 144.444 Tuberculosis Emergency Hold

144.444 TUBERCULOSIS EMERGENCY HOLD.

A temporary emergency hold under section 144.4182 may be placed on a person who is a health threat to others when there is reasonable cause to believe that the person may be unlocatable for the purposes of applying the procedures described in sections 144.4171 to 144.4186, or when medical or epidemiologic evidence suggests that the person is or may become infectious before the conclusion of court proceedings and appeals.

History:

1993 c 167 s 5