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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 40-TENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLES 29-17, 31-3, AND 31-4s RESPECTIVELY; OF.THE CODE -OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT REQUIRING HEALTH CERTIFI- CATE OF EVERY PERSON INA FOOD PRODUCTS ESTAB- LISHMENT WHOSE WORK BRINGS THEM IN CONTACT'WITH FOOD PRODUCTS, AND FIXING A CHARGE FOR SAID HEALTH CERTIFICATE; REQUIRING A MEDICAL EXAMINA- TION PRIOR TO ISSUING A HEALTH CERTIFICATE .TO DOMESTIC SERVANTS; PRESCRIBING THE CONTENTS OF SUCH CERTIFICATE, AND.FIXING A CHARGE THEREFOR; AND REPEAL OF'ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDI- NANCES INCONSISTENT OR -CONTRARY HERETO, BE'IT.ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section -1. .. That Article 29-17 of the Code of The City of Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to' read as follows: "Art. 29-17. Health certificate. - Every person in a ood products estab is men' whose work brings. him in contact with the.production, handling, storage or transportation of food products, shall hold a certificate from the City Health Officer certifying to the --fact that the 'sa_id person has theretofore within six .(6.) _months filed with the Health Officer a certificate signed by a -legally licensed physician residing in Jefferson.County and registered, -to practice therein stating -that the said person -.has been physically examined by him and that the said person does not have a `.venereal disease in a communicable stage and that saidperson does not have tuberculosis.of an active type which would be considered dangerous;to public health and that said -person .is free from acute . exanthemata or acute infectious or contageous skin -diseases or-any.other infectious or contageous '' diseases considered dangerous to public health by the examining physician;.said_physiciants-certifi- cate shall be accompanied by a report from a labor- atory operating in The City--of-Beaumont whose proficiency in making tests required for public- health purposes shall have been proven to the satisfaction'of the Health Officer showingthat a Wassermann test has been made -within five (5).days prior -thereto and giving the results thereof; . said physician's certificate shallalso be accom- panied by a report showing the results of- -an- X-ray examination for tuberculosis made within the previous thirty (30) days. The City Health Officer shall charge a fee of $1.00 for each health certi- ficate issued by him, as provided herein. .-Section 2. That Articles 31-3 and 31-4 of the Code of The City of Beaumont be and the same are.her-eby amended to read as..follows, respectively: "Art. 31"3. Examination prior to'issuance. - The health certificate shall e issued by the City Health Officer to any domestic servant applying therefor only after a medical examination has been made of said applicant. The -City Health Officer shall charge a fee of $1.00 for each health certificate issued by him as provided herein." "Art._ 1-4. Contents of certificate. - The health certificate., when issued, shall certify to the fact that the person has theretofore within six -(6)' months filed with the City°Health Officer a-certi- ficate signed bya legally licensed physician resid ing in Jefferson County and -registered to practice . therein, stating that the said person has been . physically examined.by him, that the said person, does not have a venereal disease in a communicable stage and that said person does not have tuberculo- sis of an active type which -would be considered dangerous to public, -health., and that said person is free from acut.'e exanthemata or acute infectious or contageous skin diseases or any other infectious -.or contageous diseases considered dangerous to public health by the examining physician; said physician's certificate shall be accompanied by a report from -a laboratory operating in The City of Beaumont whose proficiency in making tests required for public health purposes shall have been proven to the satisfaction -of the Health Officer, showin.that a Wassermann test -has been made within five. T5 ) days -prior thereto and giving the results thereof;'there shall also be -filed -with the' physician t s . certificate -a report :showing the results of an X-ray examination for tuberculosis ma de within the previous thirty (30) days. Section 3: Separability and Savings Clause. If'any'section,'sub- section,..sentence, clause, -phrase or pDrtion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or_portionshall be deemed a separate, distinct and inde- pendent -provision and such ;holding shall not effect the validity or constitutionality of'the remaining portions thereof. Section 4. All parts ofordinances inconsistent or contrary hereto are hereby expressly repealed. PASSED by the City Council this 28th day of September, 1948. - Mayor - -