Columbia Authority of director to require medical examination ordinance (§ 11-97)
Chapter 11: Health and Sanitation · Article IV. Diseases
In short: If the health director believes a person has a communicable disease and needs to confirm what it is, the director may require a medical examination of that person. Interfering with or refusing the examination is a violation of the article.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
Whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the director to establish the true character of any disease which is supposed to be communicable, medical examination of the person infected by such disease may be made by the director. Any person who shall interfere with or refuse to permit such examination shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this article.
Official source: City of Columbia official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 11-97
Text from Supplement 139 (September 3, 2026).
Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.