§ 6:101. Duty of physicians.  


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  • It shall be the duty of each and every practicing physician in the city-parish to report in writing to the health officer the death of any of his patients who shall have died in the city-parish of contagious, infectious or pestilential disease, within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, and to state in such report the specific name and type of such disease.

(City Code 1951, Title 6, § 101)