As Amended
SEC. 41-23-2. Penalties for violating health department orders with respect to life-threatening communicable diseases.
Any person who shall knowingly and willfully violate the lawful order of the county, district or state health officer where that person is afflicted with a life-threatening communicable disease or the causative agent thereof shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than five (5) years, or by both.
SOURCES: Laws, 1988, ch. 557, Sec. 2, eff from and after July 1, 1988.