HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 03.13.1950 - Health Certificates
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR AND R;
by the local health unit of the Texas State Department of Health
or by a physician licensed to practice in Williamson County,
Texas, and if the specimen is then found to have no
_positive
reactions, the individual must then secure a certificate from
a licensed practicing physician indicating that physical
examination shows him free of the contagious, infectious, or
communicable diseases which certificate is then presented to
the local health unit and the applicant is then given a,food
handlers card good for six months from the time of said bl<od;
test. Once each year, said applicant shall furtiler be examined
for tuberculosis, by a `tuberculin Skin Test and/or an X-ray
examination of the lungs. In the event that the Tuberculin
Skin 'fest shows a positive reaction, then said applicant must
have an X-ray examination of the lungs.
Section III. Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions hereof shall be guilty of a misdeameanor and upon
conviction shall be fined in any sum not to exceed $100.00,
and each day shall constitute a separate offense.
Section IV. If any part of this ordinance shall be
declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder
thereof.
Section V. The fact that contagious and infectious
diseases�lare likely to be spread within the City of Georgetown
because of the lack of laws and regulations requiring thorougR1
examinations of food handlers, constitutes an emergency, and
the health of the public at large requires that this ordinance
take effect immediately upon its passage without being read on
three aeparate occasions.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THIRTEENTH DAY OF MARCH, A. a D . s 1950*
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Mayor,
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Texas
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GeorGetown, Texas