Sec.19a-36-A19. Duty of local director of health to quarantined persons in need

When a person under quarantine is, in the opinion of the local director of health, unable to obtain medical care, food or other actual necessities, the local director of health shall report his findings to the proper town, city or borough authority. If such town, city or borough authority fails to supply at once the needed care, the local director of health shall supply such quarantined person with medical attention, food or other actual necessities, and the expense incurred in performing such duty shall constitute a legal expense of the local director of health and shall be paid according to state statute.

(Effective October 25, 1989)