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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 198. Contagious and infectious diseases; quarantine
Whenever the Secretary of the Interior shall find any Indian
afflicted with tuberculosis, trachoma, or other contagious or
infectious diseases, he may, if in his judgment the health of the
afflicted Indian or that of other persons require it, isolate or
quarantine such afflicted Indian in a hospital or other place for
treatment. The Secretary of the Interior may employ such means as
may be necessary in the isolation, or quarantine, of such Indian,
and it shall be the duty of such Indian so afflicted to obey any
order or regulation made by the Secretary of the Interior in
carrying out this provision.
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