5. Upon receipt of a report of a case of venereal disease in a person conducting himself or herself in such a manner as to be a menace to the public health, it shall be the duty of the health officer to institute measures for the protection of other persons from infection by such diseased person.

(a) Local health officers are authorized and directed to quarantine persons who have, or are reasonably suspected of having, syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid whenever, in the opinion of said local health officer, or the State board of health, or the State health commissioner quarantine is necessary for the protection of the public health.

In establishing quarantine the health officer shall, anywhere within the State, designate, and define the limits of, the areas in which the person known to have, or reasonably suspected of having, syphilis, gonorrhea, or chancroid, and his immediate attendant, are to be quarantined, and no persons, other than the attending physician, shall enter, or remain in, or leave the area of quarantine without the permission or direction of the local health officer.

No one but the local health officer, or his authorized deputy, shall terminate said quarantine, and this shall not be done until the suspected person has been found not to be infected and the diseased person has become free from the disease, as determined by the local health officer, or his authorized deputy, through clinical examinations and all necessary laboratory tests, or until permission has been given him so to do by the State board of health or the State health commissioner.

(b) The local health officer, or his duly authorized agent, may parole persons pending final cure, but he shall inform all persons who are about to be so released from quarantine for venereal disease, in case they are not cured, what further treatment should be taken to complete their cure.

6. Any druggist or other person who sells any drugs, compound, specific, or preparation of any kind used for, or believed by the druggist or person to be intended to be used for, the treatment of any of said venereal diseases, shall secure and keep a record of the name and address of the person making such purchases, except when such drug, compound, specific, or preparation is used in filling a written prescription by a physician licensed to practice medicine under the laws of Virginia. A copy of said record shall be mailed, or otherwise delivered, each week to the State board of health. Such records shall be kept inaccessible to the public as provided in section 9 of this act.

7. It shall be a violation of this act for any infected person to knowingly expose another person to infection with any of the said venereal diseases, or for any person to knowingly perform an act which exposes another person to infection with venereal disease, for which such offending person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not to exceed $100 and confined in jail a term not to exceed six months.

8. Physicians, health officers, and all other persons are prohibited from issuing certificates of freedom from venereal diseases, except in giving such ordinary certificates of freedom from infectious diseases as may be necessary in reports of general examinations, and in certifying for the issuance of marriage license.

9. All information and reports concerning persons infected with venereal diseases shall be filed by health officers to whom furnished until finally disposed of by burning, but they shall be kept inaccessible to the public except in so far as publicity may attend the performance of the duties imposed by the laws of the State.

10. All persons in quarantine, for the maintenance and treatment of whom full remuneration is not regularly paid, may be required to perform such work as is proper under the circumstances.

11. Any person violating the terms of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined a sum not to exceed $100 or confined in jail a term not to exceed 60 days, either or both; and in the discretion of the court may thereafter be placed under a bond not exceeding $1,000 for 12 months.

Tuberculosis-Erection of Cottage at State Sanatorium for Treatment of Teachers. (Ch. 506, Act Mar. 25, 1920.)

1. That an act1 entitled an act to provide a cottage at Catawba sanatorium for tubercular teachers, approved March 14, 1918, be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

1. That the sum of $10,000 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to build a cottage for tubercular teachers at Catawba; provided the sum of $10,000 is contributed to this fund by the State Teachers' Association.

2. The State board of health shall have full charge of erecting said cottage and all moneys used for this purpose shall be paid out on vouchers issued by the State board of health.

3. Admittance to the teachers' cottage shall be on recommendation of the State Teachers' Association, and under regulations prescribed by the State board of health.

State Board of Health-Appointment, Meetings, and Officers. (Ch. 106, Act Feb. 28, 1920.)

1. That section 1486 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 1486.2 State board of health; how members appointed; terms of office; meetings; officers; quorum.-The State board of health shall consist of 12 members appointed by the governor, at least five of whom shall be members of the Medical Society of Virginia. One member shall be chosen from each congressional district in the State, and in addition two from the city of Richmond. The members in office when this act takes effect shall continue in office until their respective terms expire, and on the first day of July of each year the governor shall appoint for terms of four years each three members to fill the vacancies in those term[s] expiring by limitation. In addition to the members above mentioned two residents from the State at large shall be appointed for a term of four years, one of whom shall be a member of the State dental association.

The board shall meet annually in the city of Richmond, and at such other times and places as it may determine. It shall elect from its number a president and secretary, who shall perform the usual duties of such offices, in addition to the particular duties prescribed by law. The board may adopt by-laws for its government. Five members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any lawful business.

Pupils Health Examination and Physical Education of. School Nurses, Physicians, and Physical Directors-Employment. Courses in Health Examinations and Physical Education for Teachers. (Ch. 327, Act Mar. 19, 1920.)

1. That the board of supervisors of the several counties and the councils or other governing bodies of the several cities and towns be, and they are hereby, authorized to make appropriations out of the county, city, or town funds,

1 Supplement 38 to Public Health Reports, p. 373.

2 See chapter 192 on pages 200-201 of Reprint 406 from Public Health Reports.

as the case may be, to provide for the health examination and physical education of school children and the employment of school nurses, physicians, and physical directors, and such appropriations shall be placed to credit of the county or city, or town school board. Previous to employment, all said nurses, physicians, or physical directors shall be approved by the health commissioner of the Commonwealth and the State superintendent of public instruction.

2. That an amount not exceeding one-half of the annual salary of each physical director appointed in accordance with section 1 of this act may be paid by the State board of education to the local school trustees employing such physical director, and an amount not to exceed one-half of the annual salary of each nurse or physician appointed in accordance with section 1 of this act may be paid by the State board of health to the local school trustees employing such nurse or physician.

3. That after the 1st day of September, 1920, all pupils in all the public elementary and high schools of the State shall receive as part of the educational program such examinations, health instruction, and physical training as shall be prescribed by the State board of education and approved by the State board of health, in conformity with the provisions of this act.

4. In order that the teachers of the Commonwealth shall be prepared for health examinations and physical education of school children, every normal school of the State is hereby required to give a course, to be approved by the superintendent of public instruction and the State health commissioner, in health examinations and physical education, including preventive medicine, physical inspection, health instruction, and physical training, upon which course every person graduating from a normal school must have passed a satisfactory examination, and every normal-school certificate shall, therefore, indicate as a prerequisite a knowledge of preventive medicine, physical inspection, health instruction, and physical training.

5. The State board of education, with the approval of the State board of health, shall establish regulations whereby on or after September, 1925, no applicant may receive a certificate to teach in the schools of this State who does not present, first, satisfactory evidence of having covered creditably an approved course in general physical education in a training school or course for teachers recognized by the State board of education as a school or course in good standing. But the State board of education may modify or waive entirely the requirements of this section whenever in its opinion such modification or waiver is necessary to prevent the impairment of the teaching force of the public-school system.

6. The State board of education, with the approval of the State board of health, shall appoint a supervisor of physical education qualified and authorized to supervise and direct a program of hygienic instruction and physical education for the elementary, secondary, and normal schools of the State, and shall appoint such other employees and authorize such expenses for personal service, printing, and so on as may be necessary to the proper and effective administration of the program authorized by this act.

Ice Cream and Condensed Skimmed Milk-Definitions-Sale. (Ch. 363, Act Mar. 20, 1920.)

SECTION 1. All materials used in the production or preparation of bakery prodamended and reenacted so as to read as follows:

SEC. 1215. Definition of varieties of ice cream and milk.-Ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, milk, and sugar, with or without a natural flavoring, and contains not less than 8 per centum of milk fat.

Fruit ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, milk, sugar, and sound, clean, mature fruits, and contains not less than 8 per centum of milk fat.

Nut ice cream is a frozen product made from cream, milk, sugar, and sound nonrancid nuts, and contains not less than 8 per centum of milk fat.

In the manufacture of ice cream the use of a small amount of gelatine, not exceeding 4 ounces to 10 gallons of cream, is permitted, together with sugar and eggs, and such coloring matter as permitted under the national pure food laws. Condensed skimmed milk is skim milk from which a considerable portion of water has been evaporated.

SEC. 1216. Unlawful to sell ice cream which does not meet the fixed standards. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to offer or expose for sale any ice cream or condensed skimmed milk which does not meet the standards fixed by the preceding section for the article or articles manufactured, exposed, or offered for sale as ice cream or condensed skimmed milk. Whenever condensed skimmed milk is offered or exposed for sale in this State, each can or container shall be plainly and clearly marked in letters of appropriate size, "Condensed skimmed milk."

SEC. 1217. Penalty for violation of the two preceding sections.-Any manufacturer, company, or person who shall violate any of the provisions of the two preceding sections, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and for such offense shall be fined for the first offense not more than $25 and for each subsequent offense not exceeding $100.

Bakery Products-Manufacture and Sale. (Ch. 388, Act Mar. 20, 1920.)

SECTION 1. All materials used in the production or preparation of bakery products shall be stored, handled, and kept in a way to protect them from spoiling and contamination, and no material shall be used which is spoiled or contaminated, or which may render the bread or other bakery products unwholesome or unfit for food. The ingredients used in the production of bread and other bakery products and the sale or offering for sale of bread and other bakery products shall comply with the provisions of the Virginia laws against adulteration and misbranding. No ingredients shall be used which may render the bread or other bakery products injurious to health. No ingredients shall be used which may deceive the consumer or which lessens the nutritive value of the bakery product without being plainly labeled, branded, or tagged or having a sign making such facts plain to the purchaser or consumer under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the dairy and food commissioner with the approval of the board of agriculture and immigration: Provided, however, That in case of bread to be sold by the loaf such labeling shall be, in the case of unwrapped bread, placed upon the same sticker as hereinafter provided to show the name and address of the manufacturer and the net weight or measure of the loaf.

SEC. 2. Distribution.—All handling or sale of bread or other bakery products and all practices connected therewith shall be conducted at all times so as to prevent the distribution of contamination or diseases among consumers and so as to prevent the distribution of the infection in bread commonly known as 66 rope or other bakery infections, and so as to protect the food supply against waste. No bread or other bakery products except as hereinafter provided shall be returned from any consumer or other purchaser to the dealer or baker, nor from any dealer to the baker, and no baker or dealer shall, directly or indirectly, accept any returns or make any exchange of bread or other bakery products from a dealer, restaurant or hotel keeper, consumer, or other person, and all bread and all other bakery products shall be kept moving to the con

sumer in as direct a line as may be practicable, and without unreasonable delay and without any exchange, return, or practice whatsoever which may disseminate contamination, disease, or fraud among consumers or infection among bakeshops, or which may cause waste in the food supply. The dairy and food commissioner, with the approval of the board of agriculture and immigration, shall make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for carrying into effect the foregoing provisions of this act: Provided, That this section shall not be construed to apply to crackers or to such other bakery products as are packed at the place of production in cartons, cans, boxes, or similar permanent containers and where the product is so packed or sealed at the place of production as to fully protect the freshness and wholesomeness of the product and to protect it from contamination, adulteration, and fraud in the channels of trade and which remains in the original unbroken package in which each bakery product has been packed, except in so far as may be necessary to prevent waste in the food supply: Provided further, The dairy and food commissioner, with the approval of the board of agriculture and immigration, may by rules and regulations establish such exemptions as may be necessary to facilitate the sale of any accumulated or unsold stocks of wholesome bread or other bakery products, but any such exemptions or sales shall not be in violation of the expressed purposes of this section: Provided further, That the phrase "permanent containers" shall not be construed to include the paper or permanent wrappers as used in wrapping loaves of bread.

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SEC. 4. The dairy and food commissioner is hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of this act.

SEC. 5. Penalty.-Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $100, and each day's continuance of any practice, act, or condition prohibited herein shall constitute a separate offense within the meaning of this act.

SEC. 6. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment has been rendered.