50-18-107. Powers and duties of health officers. (1) If found necessary or desirable to protect public health, state and local health officers or their authorized deputies or agents shall:

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(a)examine or have examined persons reasonably suspected of being infected with a sexually transmitted disease;

(b)require persons infected to report for treatment to a reputable physician and continue treatment, which may be at public expense, until cured;

(c)isolate or quarantine persons who refuse examination or treatment;

(d)investigate sources of infection of a sexually transmitted disease.

(2)No one but the state or local health officer may terminate the isolation or quarantine. Examinations may be made repeatedly as deemed advisable or desirable.